With everyone gone, this left a burning question for those left behind. "Now, who is in charge?"…

"Just don't burn the place down while we are gone."

As part of university orientation week activities, I asked a hundred first-year students the same icebreaker question. I was impressed with the creativity and the level of depth in many of the answers.  Here are some of the most memorable responses. 

My good friend Russ Sarratt reminded me of this personality quirk of mine recently. I sometimes describe different aspects of my behavior or personality as if they are distinct entities. You see, there is “Results Driven-Mark,” “Fun-Mark,” “Dad-Mark,” “Empathy-Mark,” even “One Beer-Mark.”

Alice and Mark Suroviec always knew they wanted to become foster parents, but they never could have imagined what the journey would look like as they opened up their home to one child after another.