Soror Rae Lewis-Thornton
Sorors and Sisterfriends,
In celebration of World Aids Day, my chapter brought our DiSTinguished Soror Rae Lewis Thornton to our campus to speak about her life and living with AIDS. She opened my eyes to a lot of things...I realized how petty it is to complain about how tired I am everyday, THIS WOMAN SOME DAYS CAN'T EVEN GET UP OUT OF THE BED AND WALK, let alone me talk about how tired I am. How I am so ready to graduate, THIS WOMAN CAN FIND SOMETHING TO ENJOY WITH EVERY MOMENT/EVERY SECOND OF LIFE THAT GOD GIVES US...AND SHE IS DYING. Or the nitpicky little things that people do everyday to get on my nerves. THIS WOMAN HAS HAD TO PUT UP WITH THE HATRED,STARES AND NEGATIVITY THAT COMES ALONG WITH THE IGNORANCE OF OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF A DISEASE THAT SHE IS DYING FROM. And I have the audacity to complain about something,hmph! (rolling my eyes).
And lastly, when I asked her if she could have done anything differently with her life, would she? She answered NO, what a testimonial to the strength that this woman has. She said that if she would not have acquired this awful disease, she would have never had the chance to spread a message...even though life has surely given her a cloud, she is still able to find a silver lining! She is still able to find something POSITIVE about her situation.
Sorry for the long post, but if you ever have the chance to hear our Soror speak, please do so, it is an opportunity of a lifetime! And I promise you, you won't regret it!!!
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