Inspire, Fall/Winter 2011

My favorite care package was the time my dad checked off every option from the parent party line ! My friends and I had to make two trips to the student center with balloons, fruit baskets, mugs, flowers, chocolate, and stuffed animals. AAMIE (GUPTILL) BLOW ’02, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT Cash. Period. JIM REITER ’86, ATLANTA, GEORGIA My dad sent me a “Don’t Care Package” with empty candy bags, half-eaten food, and crumpled wrappers . I’ve always appreciated his humor. JESSICA (ACKER) LEWIS ’01, EDINBORO, PENNSYLVANIA My mom sent me a Cheesecake Factory cheesecake for no reason, and I got a red-alert-urgent-all-caps email from the post office to come get it. I then had to walk into chapel carrying a huge box with dry ice vapors wafting around me like Def Leppard’s fog machine. KATE MARTIN ’05, WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA During my five years at Cedarville, each week without fail my father mailed me the weekend sports section from my hometown newspaper . I never lost touch with what was going on back home. Better yet, my mother would sometimes slip in a five dollar bill — which went a long way at the college snack shop. DALE SCHILLING ’72, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO A new six-pack of Hanes boxers , straight from the department store. ROB MULVANEY ’98, HILLIARD, OHIO Being from Florida, my favorite care package was the one with leftover hurricane supplies. My mom, Shirley (Rocher) Carpenter ’72, sent tuna, soup, and canned fruit with a note that said, “Hurricane season is over, and we don’t need these anymore. Hope you can use them. Love, Mom.” NICOLE (CARPENTER) LOVELADY ’01, ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA Read many more great entries at cedarville.edu/inspire . My mom sent plain cupcakes and Christmas cookies with cans of frosting, food coloring, and sprinkles so my roommates and I could decorate them! I was missing my family’s Christmas tradition, so Mom mailed the tradition to me! KATHERINE (FARRELL) HENZ ’08, SHIREMANSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Question for the next issue: What is your best (or worst) memory from Physical Activity and the Christian Life (PACL)? Selected responses will be printed in the spring issue of Inspire . The alumnus who submits our favorite answer will receive a Cedarville sweatshirt! Deadline for entries is January 31, 2012. Send your answer to Inspire , Cedarville University, 251 N. Main St., Cedarville, OH 45314, or cedarville.edu/inspire . CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY 9 overheard