Hugs

Stephanie Clary (left) and Cynthia Hernandez participate in a small-group session for copy editors.

I spent the first three days of orientation being skeptical about the whole “It’s like family” mantra. After all, how can we form lifelong bonds in as little as four days? But as we sat in the rooftop conference center Sunday morning and listened to Amelia Quinn Cellar’s recollections of Loie Quinn – statements that reminded me of my own grandmother – we all shared hugs in Loie’s memory. I realized that indeed I had found a new family in four days. For that, I will be forever grateful.

-- Cynthia Hernandez, University of Kansas, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser