It’s hard to believe that we are fast approaching our 15th reunion.
It’s even harder to believe that I now have a teenage son.
Brandon Gerber, son of Andrea Gerber ‘93.
Brandon just turned 13 a couple of weeks ago and he’s already started talking about college.
I am trying my best to steer him towards Wheaton but right now he wants to go to Bowdoin because it’s just around the corner and he thinks he’s going to live at home!
I am hoping to bring him to Wheaton for the reunion.
When I asked Brandon if he wanted to come to reunion with me he asked, “Why do I want to go?” It got me thinking about all the great and challenging times I had during my 4 years at Wheaton. I especially thought of my senior year and living in Emerson. It was my first experience living in an all women’s dorm and I had a blast! I particularly remember the hot days in May when we would open the bathroom window and climb out onto the roof to catch some sun while studying for upcoming finals.
Another great memory was sneaking out onto the library roof during finals week and standing behind the flood lights and tossing these small rocks down at people we knew and having them look up to the roof but they couldn’t see us because we stood behind the light. We laughed so hard we gave ourselves away more than once. That was a total stress reliever and incredibly funny.
I am currently living in Brunswick, ME, and have been for the past 11 years. I have been married to my husband, Kevin, for 13 years. I work for a small disability company called Custom Disability Solutions, a division of Reliance Standard Life out of Philadelphia and Kevin works for Unum. I am actually using skills I honed at Wheaton as I work on our bilingual block of business and use Spanish on a daily basis. I spend a lot of my time driving my son back and forth from soccer/basketball/track practice (depending on the time of year), currently basketball. I also coach soccer in the fall for jr. high boys and am on the board for the Brunswick Youth Soccer League.
I try to be active in our community and you can occasionally catch me performing at the Chocolate Church Performing Arts Center in Bath, ME. I can’t wait to see everybody at our 15th reunion, it should be a lot of fun. Hope to see you there!
Andrea Edman Gerber is the reunion chair for the class of 1993.
