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Epilogue
I never became the chapter president because my academic program was too demanding, but who knows, I could still end up a Alumnae Chapter/Club President or.. another President! If I do, then Dawn will get some credit for that!
I have no regrets, 23 years later, that I chose Alpha Gamma Delta. Oh yes, Sherri ended up being my sister-mother and I was thrilled. She was a great role model and friend.
The characters and what happened to them…
Rich: He decided after we had dated for a year and a half (a month into my sophomore year) that he was too young to be “tied down” and wanted to date other people, so we broke up. Two weeks later, he wanted to get back together, so we did. We went through that cycle a couple times and finally I met this very cute Lambda Chi associate (who ended up being my first husband) and told Rich to take a hike. He begged me not to break up with him, so I stayed. Two days later, he broke up with me. I think he just wanted to be the one to do it. He got really bad grades and a changed his major a few times, rarely dated anybody, and was still in school when I graduated. I have no idea what happened to him.
Michael: We remained very close friends and most people thought we were dating, but we weren’t. He graduated in 3 years because he was a chronic overachiever. He got a job with an auditing firm so he could get his CPA and had his sights set on buying the firm when the owner retired. The owner happened to be the father of my aunt (aunt by marriage, my mom’s brother’s wife). Michael ended up marrying one of the owner’s daughters, so he was my aunt’s brother-in-law, which was very cool. He became a half partner in the firm. Until he fell in love with the secretary at the office, left the firm taking half the clients with him, taking everything from their condo, leaving his wife with nothing at all .. and I never heard from him again. That family wasn’t too happy with him. I often wonder where he is now and what his side of the story was. He has such a common name that a Google search doesn’t help!
Nancy: She didn’t make grades the second semester either and was booted from college. I was glad because she had this nasty habit of going after every boy that I liked. Last I heard, she was living with someone, was pregnant and was going to a local community college. She hasn’t attended any of our high school class reunions, but I also have often wondered what happened to her.
Renee: She was so happy as an Alpha Xi Delta and she and I remained friendly, but not real close. We lost touch after college but then, about 6 years ago, some Office Max representatives were in our building giving us free stuff in hopes that we’d order some of it later on. You know, like a vendor fair. This familiar looking woman stopped me and said “Did you go to Eastern?” and I said “Renee, the Alpha Xi?” and she said “Denise, the Alpha Gam!!” and we laughed and hugged. She was just as bubbly and sweet as ever.
Kirsten: She ended up being the President of Sigma Kappa and was always sweet. I liked her a lot.
Libby: We ended up being roommates when I was a junior and she was a senior. She graduated with a 4.0 and did her internship as a medical technologist at the hospital where my mom was working as a med tech. She kind of ended up having a boyfriend living with us the last summer in our apartment. She married the dude and now lives in Texas and has two kidlets.
Sherri: She became my sister-mother and one of my closest sisters always. She got me the best job on campus (as a campus operator with her). We kept in touch for a while after graduation and I remember her wedding well. She worked as an accountant for a while but then abandoned that job to sell jewelry at home parties. She ended up getting divorced shortly after having her first child and I never heard from her again. I have tried to look her up but she’s listed as a “lost sister” on our website.
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