To my sisters,

You know when certain people come into your life and you don't understand how or why, but you're so happy they did? That's how I feel about all 200+ of you. As cliché as it sounds, I'm truly a part of the best sisterhood in the world. Zeta Tau Alpha has given me the best friends, sisters, and future-bridesmaids (okay, maybe a little too cliché now) I could have ever asked for. As dramatic as it sounds, I couldn't imagine my life without you all. I'm so thankful for all the endless love I've received from all of you and can't imagine my college experience without you. Unsurprisingly, this has started to sound like a love letter, but let's be real, it basically is.

So, thank you.

Thank you for 2 am Taco Bell and listening to me whine about the way my butt looks in my pants. (Funny how these two correlate.)

Thank you for stealing, sharing, and saving study rooms for me. Thank you for all your study tips and sharing your old calculus notes with me. You guys help me put the A in ZTA... Okay, too corny. Moving on.

Thanks for not bringing up that one time at New Member Retreat when I said I wanted to marry Drake so Rihanna could be my mom… You guys know what I meant.

Thanks for listening to me complain. I probably say I want to drop out of school at least seventy times a day, and it's always met with “we both should. Let's do it.” But also thank you for not letting me actually do it. School is the real reason we're here, right?

Thank you for giving me my best friends in the world. Thank you for giving me my awesome big, my perfect family, and my future bridesmaids (again, literally so cliche, but I don't even care). I've found my people for life and that's what's most important here.

Thank you for all the friendships, food, t shirts, awkward stories, funny stories, late night conversations, memories, and fun.

Thank you for sisterhood. When I picture the next four (but probably five) years of my life, all I see are my sisters beside me.

ZLAM,

Ciera Lindsey