WFAE: Slice of Life Radio Essays

In recent months, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has appeared frequently in news headlines. First with Mitt Romney's failed bid for the White House. And now as the Mormon Chruch struggles to distance itself from a polygamous group under scrutiny in Texas. All of the attention has caused WFAE commentator Cydne Horrocks Watterson to reflect on her experiences as a Mormon transplant in the Bible Belt.

WFAE commentator Sally Phillips finds that Mother's Day changes and takes on new meaning as the years go by.

Anyone with access to a radio, newspaper, TV, computer, or just the sports fan in the next cubicle is well aware that March Madness is underway. But as WFAE commentator Amy Rogers contends, there is a different March Madness happening in our grocery stores.

WFAE commentator John Grooms shares with us the need for Black History Month and why it is important for all Americans to learn lessons from the past.

With all the news of presidential primaries and stock market mania you may not have noticed another event that took place recently in Gaston County, North Carolina. But National Pie Day didn't escape WFAE commentator Amy Rogers, and she's still savoring the experience.

WFAE commentator Ahmad Daniels looks at the rarely discussed last years of Martin Luther King, Jr.

There's always a price to pay when parents seek a better life for their children. In WFAE commentator Carolyn Noell's famil paying the cost of "words" was well worth it.

WFAE's Mike Collins reads this holiday poem, a long-time favorite among listeners. Happy holidays!

The latest electronic gadgets are often the most anticipated items on holiday gift lists - until they are received. WFAE commentator Jonathan Hobbs has discovered that wanting may be better than having the latest gizmo.

While looking for the perfect Christmas tree in the North Carolina mountains, WFAE commentator Elizabeth Richardson came to the realization that maybe 'perfect' isn't so perfect after all.