• Owner recalls good times at coffee shop
  The Mott family opened Java Motts as a place for teens and families – but the effects of the recession ended their efforts.
• Laid-off worker ponders future prospects
  Chuck Yoak worked for 22 years at the Cummins Rocky Mount Engine Plant before he was laid off March 17.
• Man talks about foreclosure of his home
  
• Business owner reflects on closing restaurant
  

Have you or a family member lost a job? Are you, like thousands in the area, struggling to pay the rent or the mortgage? What sacrifices are you making, what expenses have you cut? And what about the children? How many young people have been forced to go without as families wrestle with the biggest economic struggle in decades? To share your story of struggle or triumph, contact reporter Mike Hixenbaugh at 252-407-9949 or e-mail him at mhixenbaugh@coxnc.com.