For This Military Family of Faith, a Nativity Collection Is More than a Seasonal Aside
A former master trainer for the Army Reserve Command and a retired colonel have collected over 40 nativity sets from around the world for over 10 years.
How an Army Novice Turned Confusion into Connection, Then Became a Leading Instructor for Reservist Families
When Lori Hawkins married her husband, a colonel in the U.S. Army, she didn’t know much about military life. But over time, she became a master trainer for the Army Reserve Command.
Finding ‘sweet spot’ in new job
When she steps outside her office and onto the grounds of the Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Shannon Bell instinctively sees beyond the beauty surrounding her. She sees possibility. Of course, she notices the garden’s abundant flora. She revels when a school bus pulls up to deliver students for a field trip, or when first-time visitors…
‘Get in and get involved’
Seven years after he moved away from Fayetteville, Scott Embry returned, in part, simply because he loves the city. “People tell me, ‘You know, I don’t hear a lot of people say that,’” he said. “‘Well, you just haven’t tried it. You haven’t tried to get in and get involved — because if that’s important…
As a beautiful autumn approaches, don’t fall for the temptation to litter
In North Carolina, about a million pounds of trash is collected in our Adopt-A-Highway programs, on average, each month. That probably puts the uncollected volume at at least another million or two pounds per month.
The attraction of distraction, or The Myth of the Multitasker
Multitasking is a bad habit born out of a yearning to distract ourselves with lower-stakes actions where we expect a more certain outcome
A memorable summer
It wasn’t a rare occurrence, this thing I encountered — a jellyfish washed up on the sand of a North Carolina beach — but, to me, it still felt like it was some kind of omen.
