Today is a special day for me. Today marks the 4 year anniversary of my initiation as a sister of Phi Mu.
I can't believe it's already been this long. It seems like just yesterday that Janine, Stacey, and I were getting ready in Stacey's room to go to initiation...all practicing the creed and thinking we were going to get in trouble for not knowing it completely. (for the record, we didn't get in trouble for messing up a few times!) I remember walking over at 7:30 in the morning for an 8 am service on a Saturday, knowing that semi-formal was taking place later that night and how insane the day was going to be. I remember Double A calling it a "triple threat weekend" since we had initiation, semi-formal, and elections all in the same weekend. It was FREEZING as we walked over in our initiation white. My shoes didn't really fit that well, so they kept falling off, so the going was slow. But we got there. And then went through one of the most powerful experiences of my life.
I don't think I really understood the meaning of the words "sisterhood" or "bond" until that ceremony. And without talking too much about the ceremony itself, since it IS a secret after all, I can say that it's one of the most beautiful things I've seen and it helped me realize how all the things I had been learning in my new member class really did apply to living by the Phi Mu creed I was pledging to live my life by.
4 years later I can look back on that day and remember how excited I was. How I was so happy I was almost crying. And then look at the 4 years I spent as an active member of the chapter. All the drama, all the fighting...it was all worth it when you realized that you had 40 plus girls who would drop everything and help you at a moment's notice. I can't count the number of times I cried in the suite, or the number of times I comforted a crying sister in the suite. We always managed to come together as a sisterhood in the times we needed each other most.
I would not be the woman I am today without having joined Phi Mu. Phi Mu taught me that it was okay to be a geek. It was okay to be nerdy. I didn't have to hide it in order to be "cool." They accepted me for who I was...they embraced me for it, and gave me the confidence to go along with the already awesome things I had. I became a student leader. I met some of my closest friends in the entire world. I had a family. I had a reason to stay at Ashland when I thought all hope was lost for my college education. I fought to stay at Ashland because I couldn't imagine life without my sisters.
Sisters are the chains that allow me to be free
Sisters are the mirrors that let me see me
They are half of my heart
They are worth far more than gold
They are kind, they are true
They're my sisters in Phi Mu
Though miles may come between us
Though our days may drift apart
We've got that bond between us
That keeps us sisters at heart
Sisters are the friends who are with me when I'm sad
Sisters are the laughter that make me feel so glad
They are half of my heart
They are worth far more than gold
They are kind, they are true
They're my sisters in Phi Mu.
Love In Our Bond...always.
<3
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