Letter from the Editor I remember the day I declared my major in college. I had actually done it based on an observation made by my older sister and inspiration from one of my (now) favorite movies. For as long as I would be studying at Savannah State University, I would be focusing my studies to obtain the Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. There wasn’t a specific degree program for the declaration, as SSU categorized journalism as a concentration within Mass Communications, so Mass Comm...here I came! I have always loved writing, even before I knew how to compose my first word, and certainly well before knowing how to artistically combine words to paint mental imagery for those who would either read or hear my masterpieces. Yes; I was born to write and not a day went by that I did not find- or make- the time to make my craft an item on my agenda. Even with all my passion, writing this letter is probably one of the hardest things that I have ever had to write. It isn’t hard because I am very well aware of what must happen. What makes it hard is the reality of what I am doing being surreal. I remember the day I told the Lord- and even went so far as to write Him a letter detailing- future plans for my life at 15 years old and then again at 22 (and what’s really funny is that I still have the list I wrote at 15 in my Bible on Psalm 37). Included among the list of plans were being the Editor of a magazine and then one day owning and publishing my own magazine. Trying to make things happen in my own time, never really quite worked out. It wasn’t until after I noticed myself getting heavily involved that opportunities to achieve the desires I placed before God at such a young age began to seemingly just fall into my lap. I share these parts of my story to encourage you to always keep God first; His Word cannot lie and in seeking Him and keeping Him first everything else will fall into place and the dreams and desires of your heart will become your reality. Trust Him; I am truly a living witness.
---Davida E. Walker Page | 7