Basketball games and changes at Lynn
I know it’s been a while since I’ve written anything, Honestly, I didn’t want to write anything after we had lost Ally. My heart wasn’t in it and I’ve never forced myself to write blog posts before so I didn’t want to start now.
This past weekend, Lynn University held a beautiful memorial for our dear sister Ally who passed away. The reason why we waited a month was because of J-term, we wanted to make sure that all the sisters could attend. Sigma sisters from our chapter flew in from all over the country. Sisters I haven’t seen in years showed up to help us remember Ally. Although its been a horrible loss for our chapter, Ally’s memorial is now one of my favorite Sigma memories simply because all my sisters and I were wearing white and our badges, laughing and crying at the same time, it was just gorgeous. I really don’t have the words to describe how wonderful it was to be in a room full friends sisters, and Ally’s family to remember her. There was a lot of love in the room. When it came to honoring a woman who was nothing short of a true angel, the service was perfection.
So what have I been up to this past month? Well I went to Lynn basketball home games last week and it was awesome! I haven’t been I think about two seasons so it was great to watch another game before I leave for Spain. The women won their game against Eckerd but sadly the men lost. 
It was a great feeling to feel the rush of excitement that I used to get while watching the games. I actually went after work as a spur of the moment thing. Normally I rush home to make dinner, feed the cats, and procrastinate on graduate school homework but for some reason the gym was calling me last week. I believe there is another home game tomorrow night and if work in IT isn’t super busy and I have energy left over, I might check it out.
For those who are part of the Lynn community already, many have probably already noticed many of the small changes around campus. Tree’s being planted, the entrance of the university is getting redone, and the memorial for the students and professors we lost in the Haiti earthquake will be completed shortly. Seeing all the changes brings mixed emotions. It’s great to see Lynn grow and work on the Lynn 202o plan but at the same time, I know when I bring my kids back to Lynn in the future, it will look nothing like how I remember it now. I remember when I went to Georgetown for a week, I could find the buildings where my mom hung out when she was in college. But really, at the end of the day, it’s not the buildings themselves that matter, its the memories and I have a lot of great memories of my time at Lynn. My mom said to me the other night and she was telling me how she knew I picked the right college for me since I was always happy and doing what I loved and now I get an extra year with graduate school. Lynn is constantly changing, it’s always looking to find new ways to teach and get through to students while letting students creativity blossom outside the classroom, hopefully directly into the community.
