still blessed

courtesy of weheartit

the past couple weeks i have started doing something i haven't put that much effort into throughout the course of my samford career. and that's putting time into being the sorority girl i dreamed of growing up to be. my first two and a half years i had mostly focused on developing friendships with the people it was easiest to do so with, the ones that would be stuck with me for the rest of my life because the majority of them live in orlando. but now i've been investing my time with a group of girls i call my sisters, and i could not be any happier about it. i had never made a conscious effort to reach out to them and let them see who i am as a person, or let them see my pain. this past week i finally decided to write down one of my prayer requests on the sheet of paper we pass around chapter. just a simple little phrase. the one year anniversary of my dad passing away is coming up. as soon as the email went out i received letters, emails, and text messages of people letting me know i, as well as my family, were in their prayers. wait a minute. the same girls i hadn't invested nearly as much time in as i should have? the ones i would abandon in order to spend time with my other group of friends? they all know i've considered dropping on more than one occasion, and i may not be the best Alpha Delt, but they are choosing to love me anyway and lift me up in a time of need all because i wrote one sentence on a sheet of paper. that's sisterhood. that's why i'm an alpha delt. that's why i love my sisters.