Parents & Family

E.E. Cummings once wrote, "Be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else. It means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."  I was reading one of the other blogs that was written by Chelsie and I...

This might just be my personal experience, but my first holiday break home I was bombarded with questions (a lot of which were "Why haven't you found yourself a nice boy to bring home yet?" from older female relatives). Some of them were easier to answer than others. I very quickly learned that...

About Me: What is an interesting fact about you that most people would find surprising or unexpected? I really like to be organized.  I do a lot of planning for everything, especially my classes. I think this helps me manage my time so I can do both school work and fun stuff!  I am also a huge...

Let's be honest, everyone likes personal mail, no matter what it is. A couple of my friends have sent me hand written letters, and those are always fun to get. My favorite thing to ever recieve is a card from my family... and normally those include a little spending cash if I've been good. However,...

Hello Hoosiers! It's been quite the busy semester, so I am very sorry for my absence. But a very important thing during my freshman year became the care package.   Yes, I did get one every month or so. I think my mom signed up at orientation for a care package delivery service. And while I...

At least once a year, either through mail or brought down during a visit, my mom puts together a care package for me. What I appreciate most is how my mom's care packages have evolved right along with me. Unsurprisingly enough, my wants and needs have changed during my first four years. Here's a...

Midterms, finals, tests, and balancing classes with a social life. Just a few things that cause most, if not all college students an immense amount of stress. Being stressful sucks and it causes a lot of students to be depressed, miss home etc. BUT FEAR NOT, there is a way that you, a parent, can...

All students, especially freshmen, miss their home and families.  The transition from high school to college is usually the biggest change most of these students have gone through so far in their lives.  Care packages can help students be reminded of home and also help them to remember that their...

One of the hardest parts of college, I think, is the distance between you and your family and friends. In my case, my family lives in Virginia and most of my friends live in Tampa, so it's a little difficult .  Last week was the first time I got to see my mother in three months. This Saturday, I fly...

So, you want to send a care package. You buy the box, find the address, but then comes the hard part... What do you put in it?  First off, receiving ANYTHING in the mail for me is exciting. Its always a little day brightener to know that someone thought of me and wanted to send me something. So,...