Last month I ran to my new forever home, Kappa Alpha Theta. I never realized that I could love so many girls in such little time. In the past month, KAO has given me my best friends, tons of community service opportunities, and taught me how to be a leading woman.

I am so thankful to be able to call myself a Theta and surround myself around the most inspiring, intelligent, and outgoing women on my college campus.

So, to my fellow Kappa Alpha Theta sisters:

Thank you.

Thank you for welcoming me home, now that I am away from all of my family. You have made me more comfortable at college. I have people to talk to, cry with, and to hug when that’s all I need. I am so thankful for a home that I can walk to in between classes and eat way too much food on Fried Fridays and then take a nap on the couch afterwards.

Thank you for showing me what true sisterhood and sisterly love is, for a girl who grew up being the only girl in my family, this has been weird, but I couldn’t be happier to have hundreds of new sisters that know exactly what I’m going through, and know exactly what I need to hear when I’m going through something. You are never afraid to tell me the truth, whether or not I want to hear it or not. You're always down for a midnight trip to Taco Bell or simply just coming over to listen to me rant about a professor. I thought I knew what true friendship was before I came to college, but you have done nothing but give me hundreds of forever friends. As basic as it sounds, I have found my future bridesmaids.

Thank you for showing me that I can do anything I put mind into. You are the best support system I could ever ask for. You are a constant reminder that nothing is impossible, and if anyone can do it, I can. You constantly push me to do whatever my heart desires and to never look back. I am not afraid of failure because of you. If I fall I know that I wil have every single one of my sisters there to catch me and stand me right back up again.

Thank you for being my best friends. Moving hours and hours away from my high school friends was hard, but you have been nothing but supportive, loving, and accepting. I cannot even begin to explain the gratitude I have for you and every one of my new sisters. It has been nothing but two months of laughs, awkward dancing, and late night snacks. I can’t wait to have a lifetime of laughs and memories with you all by my side. I have been nothing but overwhelmed with love and friendship ever since I ran home last month.

I am who I am because of Kappa Alpha Theta.