We take it for granted now that the world is becoming more globalized every year. This can be seen in the production of goods – NPR’s Planet Money produced a series in 2013 following the production of a simple T-shirt, showing how cotton makes its way from the US to Asia or South America for production and back again to the US for sale.

For many families, summer marks the time for transition as the children prepare for (or continue) their college education. This usually coincides with the children reaching the age of majority, which in North Carolina is 18 years old.

In this post, we’ll explore costs, advantages and disadvantages of some the options in senior living, as discussed by the panel of specialists hosted by Hilltop in May.

You probably hate uncertainty, and you probably don’t like to think about becoming physically dependent, dying, or aging in a nursing home. Put all of this together, and it can be hard to even think about where you’ll live as you age, who will take care of you, or how you’ll pay for it all.

When you truly trust the people you work with, you aren’t afraid to be locked up with them, at least for a little while. At Hilltop, we recently put our mutual trust to the test and went to an escape room for a little bit of team building.

In my spare time, I enjoy training for and running obstacle course races. These involve such challenges as crawling through mud, climbing over walls, and experiencing mild electric shocks. Fun, right?