Inspire, Fall/Winter 2011

Nothing warmed your heart like seeing that little slip of paper in your mailbox directing you to the parcel pick- up window. What joy! What delight! Today the post office sends the news by email, but the happiness is the same. My older brother was traveling through Cedarville one summer, and behind a ceiling tile in a closet of the DMC he left me a plastic shoebox filled with Oreos, Twinkies, and candy . When I returned to school in the fall, he sent me a puzzle I had to decode, which sent me on a hunt around campus. I was shocked when I found the care package full of junk food that had been hiding there for months. ANDREA (PATTERSON) VERWYS ’01, FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA My mom dressed up “L’eggs eggs” (remember those, ladies?) like love bugs for Valentine’s Day. She sent them filled with M&M’s — plain. Back then, that’s all there were. KATHY (HOWELL) STURGIS ’76, CEDARVILLE, OHIO A bright red wool one-piece long underwear union suit from my mom. She was afraid I was cold. BETH (HOFMANN) BRENDLE ’92, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW JERSEY What was inside your favorite care package? WINNING ENTRY! 8 FALL/WINTER 2011 overheard