Karen Rotterman

Honoring our pledge

On November 11th each year we pause to honor our nation’s veterans. In our home, like so many others in North Carolina, pictures of family members who served line our shelves — two fathers, three uncles, cousins, a brother-in-law, and my grandfather — are among them.  My 18-year-old grandfather had fought in France in WWI a young NC farm...

A cat can look at a king and child from NC can look at a queen

As a five-year-old child living in College Park, Maryland, one of my lifetime memories is when Queen Elizabeth came to a University of Maryland football game in 1957. My mom and dad took us to watch the parade. I remember my father sitting me on his large shoulders so I would have a clear view of the...