To the women that chose me,
You know how recruitment works; it's the highly organized chaos that you go through each year to find the best new members for the chapter you call home. By inviting someone back, it meant that you saw something in them that resonated with you and made you want to continue to get to know them. I'm just happy you chose me. You saw all that I had to offer, from my personality to my life experiences. you saw something special in me.
I met you both in the earlier rounds, one of you during philanthropy and the other during sisterhood. Both of you were the most genuine people I had ever met. I felt like I could hold a conversation with you both for hours, and that we both wanted the same things. I knew that if you were an accurate representation of the rest of the chapter, I would have found
Let me back up and explain why I wanted to rush in the first place. I grew up with only brothers, and the closest person I had to a sister was my cousin who lived an hour away. I never had that incredibly strong female influence from a sister figure, and I wanted to find other girls that wanted the same thing. I wanted the support and the sisterhood that I had heard so much about from my friends from home in other chapters. The appeal of having other women unconditionally care for and be there for you was what really drew me in. I constantly heard from many of the women that I talked to during recruitment say that they had met their future maid of honor or their bridesmaids or the women that they can see growing old with each other and still be best friends. That's what I was after.
In my chapter, I have definitely found that. I have found girls that make me laugh until I pee my pants, girls that look out for me, girls that will study for hours with me, and girls that have made me a better person. I found my big, who I have connected with so deeply so quickly that she really has me wondering how we only met a few short months ago. My entire family line has shown me that my time here will allow me to develop and grow on my own with all of my sisters surrounding me. I found my pledge class with so many different types of women that I appreciate and learn from every day. I have found my rock to build myself upon, and I would never have found that if it weren't for you both that spoke with me during preference round.
I don't know who coordinated that I got to talk to you, but I seriously can't thank them enough. They unknowingly brought me home to the little house on 15th that kind of looks like a restaurant but feels like I was meant to be there my whole life, because they brought me to you both. You chose me to be a part of your sisterhood, even though I was probably a nervous wreck and definitely had the worst sweat stains in the world; I went from having no sisters at all to having over 200 in a matter of seconds.
When I was talking to you, I felt a lot of things at once. One, I was completely comfortable eating the macaroons the chapter provided as a snack, which I didn't feel at any other house. Two, you made me feel like I not only mattered to you both but I was important too. I had just met you the previous weekend, and you already proved to me that I could be an integral part of the chapter. I got so caught up in talking to one of you that I was the last one out of the house and I had to leave with the entire chapter serenading us as I tip toed out of the threshold in my heels. You shook my hand and told me that I had a place with you and your sisters. I honestly have no idea where else I would've even ended up if I didn't talk to you both on that Sunday morning in January. I knew immediately after I had to sprint out of that house to go to my next preference ceremony, that the house I had just left was the only one I wanted to run to on bid day. It pains me that you're both graduating in May, and that my days with you both were cut so short in college but you will always be my sisters. I just really can't thank you two strong, beautiful women enough for helping me find my home.
Much love,
The girl who found the place she will always call home