Alpha Chi Omega

If you had told me at any point in my childhood that I would join a sorority, I would have laughed.  I was your typical "Tom-Boy."  I played every sport I could, any chance I got.  I had mostly male friends my whole life.  I played on boys teams.  Starting with the all-boy (except me) t-ball team and continuing to the male dominated sport of water polo.  I was always that girl refusing to believe that boys are better than girls. I never thought I would even consider joining a sorority.  I just wasn't the 'typical sorority girl type.'

Even though I was convinced Greek Life wasn't for me, the moment I stepped into the Alpha Chi Omega house, I felt something good, something great.  The girls I met going through recruitment weren't what I thought to be 'typical sorority girls'  and I liked that.  These girls were caring, smart, strong, supportive, and fun!  I knew before I stepped out of the Alpha Chi Omega house on that first day that I felt at home.  I know this may seem a little corny, but this is the only way I know how to express the love I feel for my sorority.  

As soon as I became a member of Alpha Chi, I knew that Greek life was something that I had been looking for my entire life.  A chance for leadership, and to make a difference.  Unlike most of my sorority sister I grew up in a house full of girls and went to summer camps with a lot of similar aspects of living in a house with other girls.  That is what a lot of people look for in a sisterhood, a home away from home, clothes to borrow, girls to share with.  That wasn't what I wanted, what I needed from my college experience.  

At Alpha Chi Omega, I found values, confidence, leadership, sisterhood, friendship, strength, kindness, purposefulness, and the most wonderful women I have ever met.  The women in my chapter are what makes it what it is.  Some of these women are unfathomably strong, supportive, kind, and courageous.  It was hard for me to understand at first how such young people could be so amazing.  Now I understand how Alpha Chi has helped them harness and polish those qualities so the entire world can see them.  I love my sorority sisters more than I ever thought I would.  

The more I live in the sorority house the more I see those little things that make me think of the 'typical sorority girl.'  Now, I've noticed they aren't so bad.  The screaming, chanting, cheering, singing, hair flipping, and phrasing make me feel like maybe I'm not so much of a 'Tom-Boy' anymore.  I'm a sorority girl and I NEVER thought that would happen.

The  typical sorority girl is smart, confident, strong, ambitious, and caring.  And I see these qualities in my A-Chi-O sisters everyday.  And I couldn't be more proud to be a part of it.  

Alpha Chi Omega has turned me into a sorority girl and I am so thankful to have the opportunities and experiences it has given me. 

I never knew.

I love Alpha Chi Omega all the way to the stars and back again. 

Some of my favorite sorority quotes:

"The ties that bind me to my sisters are not wrapped around my wrists, but rather are fastened to my heart." 

"My sisters have taught me how to live."

"When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?" 

"Bits and pieces
Bits and pieces
People important to you
People unimportant to you - cross your life, touch it with love and carelessness and move on.
There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of relief and wonder why you ever came into contact with them.
There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of remorse and wonder why they had to go away and leave such a gaping hole.
Children leave parents;
Friends leave friends;
Acquaintances move on.
People change homes;
People grow apart;
Enemies hate and move on.
Friends love and move on.
You think of the many who have moved into your hazy memory; You look on those present and wonder.
I believe in God's master plan in lives. He moves people in and out of each other's lives and each leaves his mark on the other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who ever touched your life and you are more because of it and you would be less if they had not touched you.
Pray to God that you accept the bits and pieces in humility and wonder,
and never question;
and never regret.
Bits and Pieces
Bits and Pieces"
-- Lois Cheney