Dear Alpha Chi Omega,
When I got my bid almost a year ago, I never realized how much this sorority would mean to me. I didn’t realize how these girls truly would become my family when my own was three hours away. I didn’t realize that they would mean the world to me and when some graduated and left it was hard picturing the chapter without them. But most of all I didn’t realize that when I opened my bid and got my home that I would become a completely different person.
Just in one year I have become more of who I want to be and have learned so much about myself. I have realized that I cannot go through things alone and that I need people helping me and supporting me. I have realized that my sisters will always be there as guys walk in and out of my life. I have realized that I can become this leader that others can look up to. I have realized this confidence in myself that I never knew I had until I became apart of Alpha Chi. I have seen sisters graduate and become the kind of women that every girl should aspire to be, hard working, genuine, motivated, easy going, confident, strong willed and is a leader. I hope that when I eventually leave this chapter I can hold those characteristics just as my sisters have shown me.
Alpha Chi, you have shown me what it looks like to be a Real Strong Women through the charity work we have done to end the fight against domestic violence it has shown us how to look out for each other. This philanthropy has allowed me to learn what healthy and unhealthy relationships can look like. The time we put into fundraisers or events is supposed to help the community and the women in it but in turn it helps us. It opens our eyes to this terrible violence and it shows how common this is in our society. To be able to help people in our community and see where the items we collect go to strengthens my love for my chapter and organization. To know that all over college women are making a difference among their communities too is so heart warming.
Without this organization who knows where I would be. But what I know is going into my sophomore year, I can only grow and learn more. As much as I have enjoyed the relaxation of this summer I have missed my sisters and my home away from home. I still have so much to learn as I have three years left but I know that it can only get better from here. So here is to Alpha Chi Omega and the life long sister friends it has brought me.
With love in the bond,
An Alpha Chi Til’ I Die
