Submissions

The following is a listing of the articles written for The Union-Recorder. All articles are in the print edition while most articles are also viewable on The Union-Recorder website. The articles are dated based on their date of publication. In the event the article’s title was changed by the publisher, the original title is listed first followed by the title it appeared as in the newspaper. I have been writing for The Union-Recorder since 7/13/11. Submissions range from 500-950 words. Until 2016, my columns ran on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month on page 5A with the tagline, LaToya M. Davidson-Perez can be contacted at latoyadavidson@me.com or follow her on Twitter, @LaToyaonUR. As of 2016, the columns ran monthly typically on the 1st Wednesday of the month.

2016

• January 6, 2016 –no article submitted
• February 10, 2016 – The Joys of Renting
• March 9, 2016 – Down to a Coin Toss | Our Elected Leader Should Not Come Down to a Coin Toss
• April 6, 2016 – The Hollywood of the South

2015

• January 14, 2015 – It’s a New Year, Why Not Start a Small Business?
• January 28, 2015 – Is Color Really Important?
• February 11, 2015 – no article submitted
• February 25, 2015 – When We Are Really Grown
• March 11, 2015 – no article submitted
• March 25, 2015 – no article submitted
• April 8, 2015 – no article submitted
• April 22, 2015 – Proceed with Caution (due to a clerical error, this article appeared in the 4/29/15 issue)
• May 13, 2015 – When Life Gives You Lemons
• May 27, 2015 – The Assurances of Life
• June 10, 2015 – Bailout not Handout | A Bailout Not a Handout
• June 24, 2015 – A View From the Top
• July 8, 2015 – About Time
• July 22, 2015 – More Than a Misunderstanding
• August 12, 2015 – no article submitted
• August 26, 2015 – no article submitted
• September 9, 2015 – no article submitted
• September 30, 2015 – Remembering the Things You Love
• October 14, 2015 – no article submitted
• October 28, 2015 – no article submitted
• November 4, 2015 – A Season of Thanks (web exclusive only)
• November 25, 2015 – no article submitted
• December 9, 2015 – no article submitted
• December 23, 2015 – no article submitted

2014

• January 8, 2014 – A New Year, A New Attitude
• January 22, 2014 – A Very New Beginning
• February 12, 2014 – Starting Over | The Anxiety Has Ended; It’s Time to be Liberated
• February 26, 2014 – Overcoming Defeat | Overcoming Defeat — Try, Try, Try Again (Also featured as a web article on The Union-Recorder’s website, I Got the Job!)
• March 12, 2014 – Being Uninsured | The Plight of Being Uninsured
• March 26, 2014 – The Glass is Always Half Full
• April 9, 2014 – Chasing Freedom | Land of the Free and Home of the Brave
• April 23, 2014 –  no article submitted
• May 14, 2014 – False Starts | Sometimes We Go Through False Starts
• May 28, 2014 – Discovering LaToya | The Process of Discovering LaToya
• June 11, 2014 – Changing Names | Changing Names Generates Analysis
• June 25, 2015 – Becoming a Sole Proprietor
• July 9, 2014 – The Longest Goodbye
• July 23, 2014 – Where Has the Time Gone?
• August 13, 2014 – The Highs and Lows of a Home Business Owner
• August 27, 2013 – The Art of Doing Nothing
• September 10, 2014 – The Ice Bucket Challenge
• September 24, 2014 – The Profoundness of Grief
• October 8, 2014 – Personal Debt Crisis
• October 22, 2014 – Celebrating Our Heritage
• November 12, 2014 – Making a Breakthrough | Trip to Wal-Mart Leads to ‘ah-ha’ Moment
• November 26, 2014 – America’s Dad: Do We Really Know the Truth?
• December 10, 2014 – A Tale of Two Lands
• December 24, 2014 – An Optimistic Look Forward

2013

• January 9, 2013 – A New Kind of Christmas
• January 23, 2013 – Life’s a Cliché | Life’s a Cliché and Lessons Learned
• February 13, 2013 – Fighter | Sexes Complimentary in Battlefields of Life and War
• February 27, 2013 – Culture Not Color | A Look at Color Not Culture
• March 13, 2013 – no article submitted
• March 27, 2013 – People are People | Gay Marriage Debate: People are People
• April 10, 2013 – The Days of Our Lives | I’m Fully Addicted to Television
• April 24, 2013 – The Reluctant Parent
• May 8, 2013 – Getting to Retirement | The Challenges of Getting to Retirement
• May 22, 2013 – No Sense of Time
• June 12, 2013 – The Meaning of Life | Pondering the Meaning of Life
• June 26, 2013 – The Luxury That’s a Necessity | Time, Technology and the Meaning of Life
• July 10, 2013 – I Need a Vacation
• July 24, 2013 – Tipping the Scales: Enough is Enough
• August 14, 2013 – Life After Divorce: You Can Still Have A Happy Ending | When is Divorce the Right Choice?
• August 28, 2013 – I’m Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
• September 11, 2013 – Social Networking Abstinence Month
• September 25, 2013 – All Good TV Shows Must End?
• October 9, 2013 – Life is… | Growing Up Takes a Lot of Time
• October 23, 2013 – Evaluate Your Life | It’s Time to Evaluate Your Life
• November 13, 2013 – Through the Uncertainties of Life, I’m Thankful
• November 27, 2013 – Black Thursday | Black Thursday? What Happened to Our Holiday?
• December 11, 2013 – Going Under the Knife
• December 25, 2013 – no article submitted

2012

• January 11, 2012 – Resolving the New Year
• January 25, 2012 – Where the Boys Are
• February 8, 2012 – What’s love got to do with it?
• February 22, 2012 – We’re the Fat in America
• March 14, 2012 – I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But Time
• March 28, 2012 – Apple Suckling Tree
• April 11, 2012 – 867-5309 | Telephone: 867-5309
• April 25, 2012 – How Bizarre
• May 9, 2012 – See How the Story Ends | When Good Days are Rare
• May 23, 2012 – The End of Mail as We Know It
• June 13, 2012 – The Roads Not Travelled
• June 27, 2012 – Fly the Friendly Skies?
• July 11, 2012 – It’s so Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday | It’s so Hard to Say Goodbye
• July 25, 2012 – To Be or Not to Be
• August 8, 2012 – New Years Resolutions | It’s Time to Check-In
• August 22, 2012 – Bait and Switch
• September 5, 2012 – I Heart Libraries
• September 19, 2012 – If it Looks Good Don’t Eat it
• October 10, 2012 – Here Comes the Bride
• October 24, 2012 – Ohio on my Mind
• November 14, 2012 – Our Privileged Civic Duty
• November 28, 2012 – Reality Bites in TV and in Film | Reality Bites
• December 12, 2012 – Christmas Just Ain’t Christmas
• December 26, 2012 – no article submitted

2011

• July 13, 2011 – It’s LaToya not Latoya
• July 27, 2011 – Stupid is as Stupid Does | As Forrest Says: Stupid is as Stupid Does
• August 10, 2011 – You Don’t Have to go to College
• August 24, 2011 – Budget is Not a Four-Letter Word
• September 14, 2011 – Libraries Aren’t a Thing of the Past
• September 28, 2011 – Why Don’t You Have a Mac?
• October 12, 2011 – Workaholics: Living the American Way
• October 26, 2011 – The Trials of Patient-ly Waiting
• November 23, 2011 – Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, anyone? | Thanksgiving, anyone?
• November 30, 2011 – Don’t Know ‘Nothin ‘Bout Birthers
• December 14, 2011 – The Art of Giving
• December 28, 2011 – Get a Grip