If you give a girl some sisters…expect her life to change.

My sisters are the best. No doubt about it. Without them, I don’t know how I would function on the day to day. They aren’t only my sisters; they are my roommates, my confidants, and my best friends. The minute I joined, I knew that I made the best decision of my college career. My sisters are smart, they are beautiful, they are hilarious, they accept me for who I am, and I wouldn’t have to any other way.

My little local sorority is by far, one of the biggest blessings in my life. We might not have any other chapters, we might not be able to “throw what we know,” we might not have a house, but I have come to realize, none of that matters. The things that matter most to us, aren’t material. The things that mean the most to us can’t be measured in monetary values; it can be measured by smiles, laughs, and loud screams.

We love when we meet our founding members. We love when we meet alumni that share their reasons for joining and it mimics ours. We love when we meet a new freshman class, and get to see who we think will fit in with us the best. We love the days when we can just look around and realize everyone in that circle will catch you if you’re falling.

Watching that shy girl come out of her shell, watching people who would probably never talk to one another become best friends. Seeing mixes of majors and interests, but still finding that one thing that makes everyone so close. Seeing a sister from fifteen pledge classes ago struggling, but wrapping her up in love, comfort, and support. We will celebrate weddings, we will be aunts to babies, we will throw parties after you graduate grad school, heck we will even help you get your stuff when you dump that stupid boy. I can promise that we may argue, we may get angry, but we will never stop loving one another. We will cry it through the rough patches and rejoice in the exceptional moments. We will be there until the end.

But this is where I have to stop and thank my sisters. To the ones that were there when I pledged in: thank you for believing in me; thank you for taking the time to get me through the pledge process, and thank you for giving me the opportunity to be where I am now. To my pledge sisters: thank you for loving me unconditionally, even when I make it hard; thank you for not letting me quit, and thank you for giving me encouragement in everything I do. To my pledge babies: you will always hold this special place in my heart because without you I would have no use as your pledgemaster; you have shown me how important it is that a little encouragement will go a long way. To all my alumni sisters: thank you for being you; thank you for trusting us with keeping this sorority alive, and thank you for your unwavering support and love through everything.

So, if you give a girl some sisters…expect her life to change forever.