Today’s blog post is from Marketing and Public Relations Manager Cindy Nixon.
When the Highlights’ “State of the Kid” invitation landed on my desk, I was immediately transported back more than 20 years. I remember my seven-year-old self, still clumsy and growing into my body, tripping from running so fast from the mailbox, down the long driveway, and then barreling through the front door of our house. This excitement stemmed from one thing; the arrival of the new Highlights magazine. I couldn’t wait to start on that month’s hidden picture. Then, my mom would make me chocolate milk and we’d sit down and “partner read,” as we called it.
Those days are now long gone, but the memories still close. Those memories prompted me to RSVP to the event, hoping I would get just as much out of it as I did reading the magazine as a child, feeling a little bit smarter with each issue. View full article »
