Cheryl Charles

Despite some of my previous writings (rantings), I’m actually a fairly happy person. I don’t have any real financial woes

Here’s an interesting thought exercise for us working stiffs who budget and save for everyday life as we know it

Listen. I love you. I really do. But I don’t care about what you’re eating.  You know who you are,

Remember back in the good old days when you were warned that if you got into trouble at  school, it

Imagine living in a country where your right to work, live peaceably, or even exist is subject to the whims

Those of us who have raised toddlers and teenagers know this story. When our children are 2, and 3 years

Eighteen years ago today, four planes took off — two from Boston’s Logan Airport and one each from Dulles in

“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state

Today I’m writing a love letter to my favorite buddy. She won’t be able to read it, although she may

This past weekend my daughter and I went to the movies. We walked into the semi-darkened theater, and as we

Last week I had to report to the Superior Court of Suffolk County. That’s across City Hall Square in downtown

I woke up this morning and looked at the familiar brown face in the mirror. It’s older than it was

I still have the same phone number I did when I first moved to Boston in 1985. Since I stayed

The feel-good story of the century has to be billionaire Robert F. Smith’s pledge to pay off the student loans

A few years and a couple of cars ago, my horn stopped working. Who knew that a car horn works

Can we please, just stop being stupid? It seems in the past few years, given two choices between wise discernment

When I was a Sunday School teacher a few years ago, I posed this scenario to my students, who were