As I started my morning this past Sunday, with our annual Senior Send-Off Brunch, where I was made to cry at my little's goodbye speech, and then ended my day with our last chapter meeting where I became an alumna member, I realized how nostalgic it really is to officially say goodbye to my collegiate sorority days. Though I may have not always been the most involved member every semester, my sorority has held a special place in my life over the past four years. It is sad to think that something that was such a big part of who I was at Villanova, is also something that is somewhat finite and will never be the same for me, again, as it was during my undergraduate days.
As a toast to the role that Chi Omega has played, and will continue to play, in my life, I hereby will the following things.
To the chapter, I will you the rest of your experience here at Villanova and in Chi Omega. Take advantage of every opportunity you can in this place because it all ends too soon.
To my pledge class, I will you the past four years of memories and the best post-grad life you can imagine for yourselves.
To my pledge class best friend, I will you the beginning of our friendship in the same rush group, and that moment when we both got Chi O bids. I will you going to every event together, and probably leaving early. I will you the past four years of parties, mixers, spit dinner dates, tailgates, pre-games and functions. I will you living together senior year, and all that came with East Railroad Avenue. Finally, I will you the fact that this will is lacking in comparison to what it should say, because we spent all afternoon day drinking and reminiscing in the yard instead of me finishing this.
To my family, I will you our years of friendship and memories, and the many still to come. I will you all the laughter and tears that these four years bring, and the best life I could ever imagine for each of you. I will you all the strength and inspiration that you have given me over the past few years.
To my co-matriarch, I will you the lovely experience of sharing a little with you -- sitting in our Quad rooms figuring out how to combine gifts for big/little week, to sharing a senior send off speech, and every moment in between. I will you the chats and laughs and being heads of the Fam together.
To my littlest, I will you the fact that your Chi Omega experience is just beginning. I will you the next three years with your big. You could not get luckier with a more caring or generous person, and I know you are blessed to be able to know a big like her.
To my g-little, I will you the first time we really hung out at my 21st birthday, and I promised to take care of you while your big (my little) went abroad. I am sorry for all the times I may have failed at that. I will you the Wells Fargo tailgate where I force fed you alcohol and packed your pockets with cans of beer. I will you endless big/little dates to come, bottles of wine with the Fam, and a place on my couch no matter where I am.
To my little, the best little I could have ever asked for -- I will you the class we took together before you even joined Chi O, the first time I met you (and your boyfriend) post-recruitment at Paddywhacks, and that fateful night we both ended up at another sorority's Grab-A-Date at Maloney's of Ardmore, where you vommed all over my roommate's shoes and then we cried together that we just wanted to be friends forever, as Mike Maloney repeatedly told me I needed to get you out of the bar. I will you the day in my apartment where we added your little to our wonderful fam. I will you endless laughter, wine nights, and chat sessions. I will you every time you were there for me, and every time I hope I can be there for you in the future. You will always have a place in my heart, and my future apartment. Love you, forever.
And lastly, I would like to will myself the opportunity to take all that I have learned and experienced in this chapter into my future life and to remind myself to be womanly always, discouraged never, and to keep Chi Omega ever at heart.
