Jessica

When I was 20 years old, I met this woman who literally changed the direction of my life. I was a college student at Wayne State. I had recently broken up with my high school sweetheart and was socially floundering. My life consisted of college, homework, work, sleep. I craved excitment and all the greatness that I thought college had to offer and that is when I meet Jessica.

I don't recall how we actually hooked up, but we became fast friends. We starting hanging out at our local hillel chapter that was in the student center. I met so many people up there and I really starting having fun. It was her idea to become little sisters to the fraternity AEPi and from there we soon realized that we wanted something to call our own and that was how AEPhi/WSU was formed.

You see, she made the call to nationals and I was right next to her! She was the first president of our chapter; I was the VP! All the good times that came with being in a sorority I attribute to our meeting.

The rest of my college years zipped by. Towards the end of my student teaching, I went out with some of my sorority sisters to a Vegas night held at the JCC. It was there that I met my darling Jay and I fell in love.

The rest... as you know is history. Graduation...career.....marriage....Ben.....Life. Always so busy and little time to look back.

About a year ago my sister told me that Jessica was not doing so well. She had cancer and was fighting the battle of her life. I friended her on facebook and have kept up with her journal entries (and now her husbands).

Yesterday Judy called me and told me that Jessica was now in hospice care. This news rocked me to my very core. How could someone my age with young children be dieing? It just doesn't seem fair. I hate cancer and all the people it has taken from this earth.

Jessica-keep fighting!!!