Inside My Fishbowl

I graduated from high school and went immediately into the college scene excited to meet new people.

Above all, I was excited about the thought of experiencing sorority “rush” (recruitment) and all that would entail.  I immediately found my sorority home and got involved.

Then I had really “made” it. By my Junior year I had worked my way up the “ladder” and was nominated as sorority President. I was so excited about this role! Ecstatic actually.  I felt such pride for my sorority and my chapter. I was thrilled for every new member that joined.

I will always remember my first experience with recruitment.  When our brand new members ran across the field toward my chapter, which meant they accepted their membership bid from my sorority on Bid Day.  And seeing how excited these women were to be joining our sorority, I cried like a baby out of pure joy! It was literally like we were welcoming these ladies to our family. And after all of the work we had done during rush week to make these girls feel loved and feel that they would fit in with us, it was so rewarding to see how excited they were to be a part of us!

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Have you ever heard that song? The theme song in the Pampers Pull-Ups commercial.  It is so catchy. I know. Lame.

But whenever that commercial comes on, I clap and sing to our little girl and think to myself “wow, Mariclaire will actually clap her hands and dance around with me one day”.  But when I do this she pays me absolutely no attention.   After all, she is only six months old.

But that is only the tip of the iceberg.  I daydream about how she will look (with hair) and what extracurricular activities she will be interested in when she is older.  And on a much larger level, during her bedtime prayers, Rodney and I have even prayed for whoever it is that will end up being her husband one day.

Sometimes it is hard to grasp that she will be an adult one day and make her own choices.  That is the independence we give our children.

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