"Big and Little we will always be!" That time of year has just recently passed; the gifts have been given, the hugs have been hugged, and the weird pictures of sorority girls popping out of boxes everywhere have flooded your Instagram feed. It is so sweet to see your sorority "family" expand, but it's not nearly as neat when that pyramid pic is just a little bit smaller than all the rest. My Big went abroad and is soaking up the European glory, but back here at home there's an empty spot in every sorority picture where her head would have fit perfectly. Oh, and an empty spot in my heart because I miss her so much!
My Big is one of my favorite people and best friends, so I hope that in reading this she knows how truly happy I am that she is having the time of her life! Em, your joy surpasses my both envious and sad states of missing you.
Here are things that happen when your big goes abroad. As told by pictures of my Big abroad.
1. You panic.
I have to go through my first recruitment alone? Who will tell me when my outfits look bad? Who will eat chocolate with me at 2 a.m.? What if I meet a cute boy? How will I know if I'm allowed to date the cute boy? These are the thoughts that haunt me.
2. You stress eat.
Even though you know the chocolate cake here in Texas is probably nothing compared to the chocolate cake in -- wherever this is. London? Prague? Rome? I never even know anymore. I can't keep up.
3. You FaceTime. Duh.
Except you still don't get to see the cities she's traveling because you don't get wifi at Windsor Castle, I guess. I do love getting to see the little pod of space she lives in and all, but getting to see her face rocks.
4. Sometimes you just...
They call it living vicariously, right?
(Me showing this to my children one day) "Ah, yes, this was when your Aunt Emily and I went to Italy! See? Pizza!"
5. You make this face. More than once.
There is nothing to be said for this. Except that I can't blame her; she basically lived a day in the life of Hermoine Granger that day.
6. You just choose to "let it be."
"Whisper words of wisdom..."
Man, I sure do miss this gal, but seeing her smile radiating in these pictures is making my countdown to the day we reunite just a little bit more bearable. I totally just used this as a backhand excuse to brag on how cute she is, but what else are littles for? Have a great last month traveling Europe, Blair Waldo -- I mean, Emily! You know you love me. Xoxo, Erica.
