As your big sis, I promise to love you unconditionally.
I promise to hold you when you cry and to eat ice cream with you while we binge-watch romantic comedies.

As your big sis, I promise to defend you.
I promise to come to your rescue and pick you up anytime you need me.

As your big sis, I promise to be a role model.
However, I also promise to remind you I'm human so that you feel comfortable telling me anything you need to.

As your big sis, I promise to nurture you.
I promise to answer any questions you have and help you when things are too big to solve on your own.

As your big sis, I promise to tell you the truth.
Your growth as a member of this house or in life will be delayed if the rest of your sisters and I lie to you. I will give it to you straight.

As your big sis, I promise to be there for every big thing.
I promise to be there when you're initiated, when you attend your first new member dance when you make me a grand, when you help or host your own event and when you go alum. I promise to always be there.

As your big sis, I promise the small things matter to me too.
If you feel like something may be tiny in the scheme of things, it may be big to you right now. I promise to listen.

As your big sis, I promise to be there for your successes and your defeats.
I promise that I would rather you tell me when you've done wrong then smile and try to pretend through the pain. When I said yes to picking you up, I said yes to every responsibility.

As your big sis, I promise it's an honor you're mine.
I was beyond psyched to receive you as my little, and now I can't wait to start our new journey together. I will brag about you for the rest of time because you'll never get old to me.

As your big sis, I promise to acknowledge that it's easy to get caught up in life.
It's a pact we made as big and little, and a pact we shall keep: it's mostly mine, but also your, responsibility to make sure we make time for one another once the "honeymoon stage" passes. You will always be my little, and I will always try to make time for you.

As your big sis, I promise that you (and your sib(s) if applicable) are the best thing that has happened to me in my membership.
Being a big sis is the purest joy of my time in this sorority. Watching you grow from the first day of recruitment until now is a privilege I never imagined I would receive. When I got the call you were officially mine, I screamed with glee. Don't ever believe that you aren't my favorite part about this organization; you're what keeps me going.

I promise all these things and more, but remember: I'm no psychic and I want to help fix all your problems, so come to me. Tell me when you need me. I love being needed by you, and I can't wait to be your big sister for the rest of our lives.

(Dedicated to my two beautiful little sissies, Emily and Amber.)