My first real job was at the neighborhood drug store. I had been promoted from the soda fountain to the cigarette counter. It was a rainy day. A man walked up to my counter and asked me for rubbers
Our sorority held a joint mixer with a fraternity. My sorority originated in the south, so it was a way bit too prudish and not a lot of fun. At the mixer, I crossed glances with this tall, blond gu
The day I got my tonsils out was the scariest day of my life. In the hospital waiting room, I sat in my mother's lap wrapped in a blanket and shaking like a leaf. Then two of "them" c
I went through college year-round and graduated in two-and-a-half years. My parents were so proud. I was the first person in our extended family to go to college-and I was a girl. I remember walkin
My father felt I was too immature to go to college right out of high school. He thought I just wanted to go there to have fun. And he was probably right. So instead, I went to a local secretarial s
My first job after secretarial school was at a prestigious law firm. Back then, large law firms were very formal. Attorneys and their secretaries addressed each other as Mr., Miss, or Mrs. I worked