I wanted to become a Delta because my God-Mother is one. She had a very positive influence on me when I was younger, not to say my parents didn't. I remember seeing a paddle of hers handing on the wall and wanting to know what it was for and what the "triangle, e, and funny lookin o" meant. All she would tell me (I was 8 or 9 when I asked her) was "you'll find out when you're older." When I got older, she started telling me about the things Delta did, but I didn't get my full exposure to Deltas and the other NPHC greeks until I got to college. The upperclassmen that I met and made friends with my freshman year were either Deltas or women who later cross Delta. They told me about the projects they did and they were really nice people. I felt comfortable with them, like they were my own sisters (if I had them, I'm an only child) so I felt it was only natural that I become a Delta. Thankfully, they felt the same way.
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