North Carolina State is a big school. Coming from a town in Connecticut with a population smaller than State, I was definitely nervous to say the least. Fortunately, I've found my people. I found Delta Zeta.
Sororities get a ton of flack. Constantly, we're berated for "buying our friends" or being "basic" girls that "party too much." What I have come to find is that I don't blame people on the outside for seeing us like that. We are bound by something they will never understand. But once you are on the inside you know it is nothing like that. Coming to State, I was leaving my family. First semester freshman year, I hated it here. I wanted to transfer and go home to be with my family. Now, I could not fathom transferring because I would be leaving my other family -- my sisters.
This is me taking the time to thank each and every one of you. Through Delta Zeta I have not only found the most amazing, beautiful and courageous women I could ever imagine, but also I have found myself. It is such a remarkable organization, and within it I have been lucky enough to find my best friends -- the girls that will be by my side at my wedding one day.
Y'all are the girls that have been there to see me at my worst, and on rare occasion -- also at my best. No matter what, I always know I can walk into the house and there will be someone to listen. So thanks for the endless group chats that make me feel #blessed when I wake up from a nap with 100 texts. Thanks for the late night cook out run, and for being too slow to screen shot my heinous Snapchats (or too nice, you choose). Thanks for the ridiculous breakfasts at Finch's on Saturday mornings and for always picking me up where ever I end up. Thanks for always letting me get my good side in pictures (except you, Luci), and thanks for hating the same people I hate and loving the occasional ones that I love -- and probably shouldn't.
Thanks for always having my back and for not telling me "I told you so" even though 99 percent of the time y'all are right.
No matter what, you guys are my people. You are the ones I can always turn to, and I am so lucky to be a part of DZ. ITF always -- better than you since 1902.
