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There's something so special about crayons. The distinct smell.... that waxy feel… the memories of childhood creations that sometimes were displayed on the refrigerator door.

If you’re like me, a crayon was the first drawing tool put into your little pincer grasp when you were a...

Fresh out of college in the mid-1990s, I took a traveling sales job. My responsibility was to sell as many industrial tools and supplies as possible. (Yes, that’s just as exciting as it sounds.)

My liberal arts education hadn’t trained me to sell anything. Puzzled yet determined, I...

Last summer, I was given a project to write a content piece. The wonderful nonprofit client usually provides a full-page creative brief. Essentially, the brief is the plan for the project.

This time, though, I didn't get any such plan. The client's attention was focused on another important...

Beginnings are so memorable.

You can probably remember a bunch of "firsts" clearly. Your first crush. Your first apartment. Your first day at a new job.

I'll never forget the first time I met each of my four children. The picture below is the first family photo taken after my husband and I...