My Life Lessons

So You Want to be Greek?: The Beginning

For the past three years, I have had the privilege to say that I am a member of a great sorority. Unlike many people however, I can’t say that it was something that I “dreamed of” or “fantasized” about since I was young. Then again, that may be because I’m not like most people. Ever […]

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My Life Lessons, Webisodes

College Relationships: The Dating Stage

I know that it has been a long time but finally, here is the third episode of College Relationships: The Dating Stage. In the first episode, we covered a few topics dealing with romantic relationships from the Greek’s perspective. If you watched the premier, then you will recognize a few familiar faces in this video. If […]

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My Life Lessons, Webisodes

College Relationships: Sexual Relations

As promised, here is the second episode of College Relationships: Sexual Relations. In the first episode, we covered a few topics dealing with romantic relationships from the Greek’s perspective. If you watched the premier, then you will recognize a few familiar faces in this video. If you haven’t seen it, here is the link: College Relationships: […]

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My Life Lessons, Webisodes

College Relationships: Greek Edition

   I know that I haven’t been blogging actively lately, but I promise it was for a good cause. For the past two weeks I’ve been working on an idea that I’ve had for a while. That idea was to create a web series documenting different topics of discussion and I’ve started with College Relationships. […]

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5 Scriptures for Peace

“I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.”  -Martin Luther  At some point in all of our lives, we experience a sense of distress from school, work, and life in general. When this happens to us, it can […]

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My Life Lessons

An Open Letter about My First Love

 When you look up the definition of love, you’ll find, “an intense feeling of deep affection”. But the truth is, love means different things to different people. If you ask your mother what love is, she may say, it’s the feeling of carrying a baby for 9 months and finally being able to look into it’s […]

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My Life Lessons

The Idealism of Finding a Husband in College

‘Idealism‘ defined is, “the practice of forming or pursing ideals, especially unrealistically“ From a young age, girls are subconsciously told that college is the time to find a mate. If our relatives aren’t asking us about it, the media is constantly reminding us that now is the time. Whitley met Dewayne at Hillman, and there […]

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My Life Lessons

We Can’t Breathe

I am tired, and I don’t mean the, “I haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep” kind of tired either. I am emotionally and mentally exhausted. As we should all be aware of, there was a recent shooting in Charleston, South Carolina in which 9 innocent men and women were shot and killed in their house […]

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My Life Lessons

“In Spite Of” Type of Love

   Almost everyday, I pray for the ability to love. It’s easy to love people when it’s convenient and it’s also easy to love people when they too, love us. However lately, I’ve faced a few road bumps that seemingly took away my ability to love everyone like the bible commands us to do. There […]

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My Life Lessons, Quotes

In Search of New Horizons

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -William Faulker    Recently, my university had its spring commencement ceremonies, commonly referred to as, graduation. I’ve never really been a fan of graduations because they tend to be long and in time my back begins to hurt […]

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