Now that I am sitting back at home in the quiet after finals, I started thinking about how lucky I am to live in a house full of girls and get to experience what it is like to have sisters while I also get to go back home and be an only child. To me that is the best of both worlds. 

Growing up I have always wanted to have siblings and I always loved going to my friends’ houses to hangout with their families, even though most of them had told me that they wish they could be an only child. When I first came to school two years ago, I never imagined that I would join a sorority and inherit all the wonderful sisters that I did. Once I joined my chapter I never imagined that I would live in the house with a bunch of girls, yet again here I am living in the house for the second year in a row. Living in  is a very different experience and sometimes I see why my friends used to tell me to take their siblings off their hands.

When you live in your sorority house it is the best time because there is always someone around to hangout with, to get advice from and to share clothes with. But on the other side, it is always loud, there is always drama and it can be very messy. With any situation there is always the good and the bad because without the bad you would never appreciate the good times. This experience has really helped me to see what it is like to have siblings of my very own and it is a very rewarding. It can be overwhelming because you are always in the house and you see your friends through every which way. I remember during recruitment it was tough because tensions were running high and after the long day of recruiting and the girls that didn’t live in left, you were still there even though you weren’t doing anything sorority related. You were still with your sorority, and sometimes it is nice to be away to recharge.           

There have been so many times that I have wanted to scream, cry and shut the world out because I was tired of living with a house of girls, but the next moment I would be laughing and acting crazy with those same girls that I couldn’t stand the minute before and I would do anything for each of my sisters in a heartbeat, including beat up any guys who breaks their heart. To me is the true meaning of being a sister. If it hadn’t been for the sorority I don’t think I would truly understand the value of being a sister because as an only child you don’t get to experience the same things as someone who has siblings does.