Let's begin by saying that I never thought I would be in a sorority. From the get go, while watching movies about sorority girls, it just didn't seem like my thing. Now why did I not see myself in a sorority? For starters, I'm super awkward. Sometimes it's painful, and to be a sorority girl it seemed you had to be loud and outgoing, two of the things I wasn't but now seem to have become. The second thing is, I'm plus size and the movies always show tiny girls. I never thought I would fit in because that is what the movies showed. The movies are wrong. I was wrong. So very wrong.

Here I am going into my fourth year of being a member within my sorority. I have taken various positions throughout my time and am one of the most outgoing, and am still plus sized. The reason I am where I am is thanks to several people, but especially to my Big for showing me the ropes and helping me learn not to take shit from people. My Big was there for me when I needed her most, the support she showed was something new and I loved it. Through recruitment I would talk to her during each round, which is when I knew I had found my home. Then came my first Little and I knew I had made the best decision of my life. Though very ditzy, she was perfect, and we laughed and made so many memories. Then I ended up transferring to a new school. There was a chapter of my same sorority at this school. I was nervous when I said I wanted to join but I thought that the compass would always guide me home. I was right. I was lucky enough to be a part of not one chapter, but two. I found a home within both. If you know me, you know it's hard for me to make friends when the world is the way it is, but sorority life changed me, made me more outgoing and created the person I am today. So when I hear someone say "I don't think I can be a sorority girl," I tell them anyone can be, because I never thought I would be and here I am now. Blessed to be a Theta Phi till I die.

Cheers! Xoxo