Most of the most exciting moments in college so far have involved my sisters and my sorority.  There are many memories to choose from, but many girls can agree one of the most exciting moments is getting a little. We start planning months before hand, crafting, concocting the perfect reveal, and are nervous wrecks for weeks, even days, leading up to the big moment. 

I was lucky enough to find a crazy and genuine girl that I can call my little. I had so many fun memories with her my sophomore year, so you could possibly imagine my level of anxiety coming back to school this year and realizing my little was soon going to get a little of her own.  I dreaded getting the title of "Grandbig" because it meant my shining moment as a new big had ended.

My grandlittle is the one on the right, isn't she adorable?

Two months after big little reveal and I'm so happy my outlook has changed.  I have happily accepted the term Grandbig and the fact that I am an old fart in the Greek community. As my little prepared to get our newest addition to the family, I realized many of the wonderful elements to being a Grandbig.

You don't have to do a ton of crafting again. Now I like crafting as much as the typical sorority girl, but I swore up and down that I would never craft again after getting my little. My life started to consist of modge podge and rhinestones, and I'm pretty sure I had to scrape my kitchen table off four times after getting paint on it from the countless numbers of random objects I made (sorry, roommates, I know I was a messy crafter).

Now, besides any little gifts you want to give your grandlittle to welcome her into your family, you can sit back and watch your little spend the same countless amounts of hours and dollars that you put in last year. You're welcome.

There's no rush for time. Whatever sorority you're in, you always have a system of meeting girls one-on-one to meet the new pledge class and find your little.  This also means you have almost less than a week to get to know the girl's hobbies, favorite tv show, phone number, shoe size... the list can go on and on. When you get six or so girls during the big-little process, this can make you want to tear your hair out.

When you're not rushing to find your perfect little, you can meet the new pledge class with plenty of time to spare. You are not limited to focusing on one girl, which makes meeting the new members much easier than the awkward process of ivy linking, or whatever your chapter may call it.

There's no bloodshed. You all know what this means-- So and So wants Suzy to be her little, but so does another one of your sisters. This turns out to be a fight to the death over who gets her, when in reality we can all hang out with whoever we want whenever we want because we're sisters.

I personally never fought over who I wanted to be my little, but I know some girl out there is reading this and has that guilty grin on her face. It's ok, girl, we don't blame you, the new members are pretty tight.

You're the mentor. "Help! What if I don't get the little I want? What if she hates me? What does going into cardiac arrest feel like? Because I think I'm dying in the middle of the fabric section in Hobby Lobby."

Let's face it-- we all have to go through this stressful process, and it's always good to have a mentor. As a grandbig, you can sit back and relax, giving your little advice and reminding her that it's not the end of the world if there are no paddles left at the nearest crafting store. Plus it's super fun to watch the process of the girls going through finding a little, the actual reveal, and the week of initiation and how special it is for both the big and little.

So cheers to all of the grandbigs, new and not so new alike.  Enjoy your new families, and I hope you enjoy your new little additions. I could not have asked for a better Greek family, and it's good to be the wise old one for a change.