In Her Words

Jackie Harwood is sweet, pretty, and soft spoken, a suburban working wife and mom to two sons. So acquaintances are often shocked to hear she once went to prison for forging prescriptions to support her addiction to opioids.

But when you hear her whole story, the most surprising thing is that she got clean, kept her marriage intact, and renewed a loving relationship with her husband and two sons. Jackie looks back with startling clarity and honesty, but she’ll never GO back.

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Jeanne Hall was on the same plane with MLK when someone phoned in a bomb threat.

First hand experience with a moment in history of The Albany Movement.

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Sis Kaplan is a broadcasting pioneer. Her father signed WBBM Radio in Chicago on the air (from her grandmother’s ROOF)! She and her husband Stan brought Rock N Roll Radio to Charlotte, NC in the form of “Big WAYS Radio”. Now almost 90 years old, she’s living history. Meeting her was a revelation.

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Peg Robarchek grew to become a great ex-wife. I really admire her. Tell her I said so. 

Peg has just come out with her first memoir, WELCOME TO THE CHURCH OF I DON’T HAVE A CLUE. After writing dozens of books, this one is different. It’s brave. It’s bold. It’s real. It’s raw. And you should read it.

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Stuart Watson 6:10 PM (2 hours ago)to meIn my home town of Albany, Georgia a family owned candy cane company became synonymous with Christmas. Bob’s Candy Company was run by Bob McCormack.

 Bea McCormack was there. Bob was her brother. And she recalls how they did something unusual for the time in the Deep South: paid Black workers the same wages as Whites.

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Robyn Norwood went from a dirt road in West Virginia to an Executive Producer in Hollywood films . Oh and BTW she’s a mom to three great kids and grew her own real estate business to sell it for millions. Yet she still has regrets.

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Sarah Knight felt lost and invisible. She was a teen and her big sister’s crisis took all her parents attention. It takes just a few questions to open up a fully formed young woman and to realize - WOW - there’s a lot here. The cool aunt to a niece “Nugget” who is TOTALLY into sharks - and a young woman who practices meditation on the daily just to protect her own mental health and stave off depression and anxiety. I’m SO glad I got to know the real Sarah under the surface and YOU WILL BE TOO!

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Shirley Fulton was born in the low country of South Carolina and picked cotton with her mother as a child. She graduated high school at 16 and went to an HBCU (NC A&T, Greensboro) for college and another HBCU (NCCU, Durham) for law school. The first time she set foot in a classroom with white students was when she transferred to Duke Law. There were 10 Black students there - total. She became the first Black Woman to serve as a Superior Court Judge in the history of North Carolina. She died earlier this year. It was a great privilege to hear her trailblazing story which she told with modesty and good humor.

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Hannah Wilson serves up eggs and bacon and biscuits for tips but she has dreams. This is what happens when you actually get to know a little bit about what’s going on in the life of a waitress. Stuart talks to Hannah on her break at the diner.

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Sarah Blake Morgan never got to meet her father, but no doubt he’s beaming somewhere, bursting with pride at the brilliant and accomplished daughter born two months after he died.

Starting life as the only child of missionary parents, Sarah grew up as a little girl in Tampa rolling down the car window and greeting homeless men by name (since she brought them meals with her Mom). She’s gone on to be a reporter for WBTV and the AP and to join the U.S. Army reserves. Her compassion and curiosity will win you over; it’s irresistible! I only hope we can work together again someday soon.

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