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Dear Bettie Locke

Thank you for giving me a home in Kappa Alpha Theta.

Claire Paulsen
Feb 22, 2016
Dickinson College
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Dear Bettie Locke
Claire Paulsen

Dearest Bettie,

I'm just writing to say thanks. Thank you for choosing to prove the boys wrong and starting your own women's fraternity. Thank you for creating a tradition of love, friendship, and excellence that continues today. But more than that, thank you for giving me a place to call home and sisters forever.

Thank you, Bettie, for my amazing sisters, for the sisters I know I can always go to for anything: a hug, a laugh, or a meal date. Thank you for giving me sisters who will know me better than I know myself, and ones that will challenge me to be better than I am, to be a better person, to do what is right.

Thank you, Bettie, for another family. Thank you for giving me the big sister I never got to have. Thank you for making her the most amazing big in the world, who was there for me whenever I needed. Thank you for giving me a big who loves me unconditionally, even when I am being the worst.

Thank you, Bettie, for my amazing littles. Thank you for giving me the most beautiful and fantastic twin littles, who never fail to make me smile and laugh. Thank you for giving me littles who keep me grounded, and never let me live down an embarrassing moment. Thank you for giving me littles that eat my sometimes horrible home cooked meals and love me unconditionally.

Thank you, Bettie, for giving me a place to come home. Thank you for giving me a place when I found myself lost and alone, sophomore year. Thank you for immediately giving me sisters all over campus, and making me smile. Thank you for making me feel included, and giving me a new team to fight for.

But most of all, Bettie, thank you for creating Kappa Alpha Theta. Without you, and without Theta, I wouldn't be the person I am today and I would not have the love I have in my heart.

So thank you, Bettie, for everything.

Theta love and mine,
Claire

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