Jill Sheet's Blog

Memories of Meg Written by:   Jill Sheets                        Picture Credit: Jeff Wheeler      I love making posters for the station.   There was one that I had to correct because it was out of date.   I took the old one down and started to put the new one up. I let out a small laugh as I remember how I use to drive Meg, a co-worker, and friend, crazy because I never taped them up straight.   No matter how hard I tried.   I just concluded that more people would notice it if it were not straight.      This was not the first memory of Meg that I had today.   I was recording this interview with an actress and asked the question was what advice you would give to teenage girls these days. It was a simple answer that it hit home and reminded me of what Meg would tell me.   It is okay to say "no," and that she wished she knew that as a tee...

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