I never thought I would join Greek Life, but from the moment I signed to accept my bid, I knew it was the right choice. You girls, my beautiful, perfect, pledge class, are the constant reminder in my life of the amazing impact joining a sorority has had on my college experience. I have met so many people and made so many connections, but you are the girls that have truly been with me through it all in this organization.

It's hard to believe it's been nearly two full semesters since bid day, especially when the memory is still etched so clearly in my mind. Together, we walked into a room, accepted hugs from girls we barely knew, opened gifts, and posed for pictures in front of banners painted with our Greek letters. We had never met each other, when we walked into that room we were strangers, but when we walked out, we were sisters.

I couldn't ask for a better group of girls to spend my time with for the six weeks we pledged for. We were graduating in different years, studying different majors, and had different interests. Some of us never thought we would be in a sorority, and some knew from the moment we felt twill letters for the first time that Greek life was for us. Although we all had different reasons for joining, having each other gave us all a reason to stay.

Now, as the new class puts their letters on for the first time, I've realized that although we may have become busier, built relationships with other sisters, and found different places in our organization, we will always have each other. Because together, we learned how to rap the Greek alphabet, where to shop to dress in business attire, what the word philanthropy really meant, and so much more. We were ecstatic when we earned our letters after six weeks; however, I think we were all a little disappointed at the fact we would no longer be spending three nights a week together.

We had our ups and downs. From tirelessly studying to remember all the sisters names right after we got in, to buying almost every canned good in Walmart to complete our service project. Every day was an adventure with us, because for some reason things never went quite as planned. But secretly, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way, because it made for the best memories.

So thank you. Thank you for coming up with funny acronyms to remember our founders' names, for ice cream trips when we weren't allowed to go out, and for all the smiles when I was exhausted in the library trying to get my schoolwork done. Thank you for being the girls I continue to lean on, even so many months later.