If Bid Day is like Christmas for sororities, then Big/Little is a giant birthday party. No, seriously, there are presents and all. Big/Little is something that I, as a new member, Big/Little was something that I looked forward to with all of my heart and more - the opportunity to love someone and have them love me through my ups and downs of college and life was so appealing.

I started planning what I would do as a Big from the moment that I became a Little. There’s an unspoken contract between a Big and a Little - a bond that weathers through semi-formal, bad breakups at date nights, and those nights when all you want to do is watch a Nicholas Sparks movie.

I can personally speak for the number of problems that a Nicholas Sparks movie can solve. Actually, Nicholas Sparks movies have taught me a lot about life - his books even moreso, but that’s a conversation for another day. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from my nights spent downing chocolate milk and crying over Noah and Allie is a lesson on the power of promises.

Promises mean a lot to me. They’re golden. Unbreakable. So, in the week before Big/Little and, coincidentally, while watching The Notebook, I decided to put together a list of promises for my future Little - my future best friend.

1. I promise to love you from the moment I meet you.
2. I promise that I will always be your Big, even when I am not your favorite person.
3. I promise that I will help you study during Finals week.
4. I promise that Starbucks will be a staple in our relationship.
5. I promise to help you soar through the lows and keep you grounded during the highs.
6. I promise that I will be there for you like Monica is there for Rachel.
7. I promise that I will take you to Barberitos at least once a month because Barbs is life.
8. I promise that no matter what you are going through, I will be there. Through thick and thin, through highs and lows, and through the days when even Nicholas Sparks can’t help make things better…

I promise that I will be there for you.

Words cannot begin to describe how excited I am about taking a Little; it’s not just because I have all of these promises to uphold. It’s because I am ready to show a new member all the ways that my sorority reflects love, confidence, and happiness into my life. It’s because I’m ready to have someone as passionate about being a Kappa Delta as I am. It’s because I’m ready to shower a new member with all the love that I felt pouring out from sisters when I was a new member.

So, for my future Little, I hope that you are ready to throw what you know, dress up in outrageous costumes for socials, and attend as many sisterhood events as possible in one semester. What can I say? I’m a go-getter. And the last promise that I will make you is that you will fall as madly in love with Kappa Delta as I am, and I will be there to catch you when you do.