#sororitylife

So, to start this post off, I am letting everyone know that I am in a sorority. Granted, it is not Panhellenic, it is a service sorority, but for all intents and purposes, it's all the same. And the Lord has blessed me with it big time. 

Now, my mother was involved in a sorority in college, and all through high school I kind of just thought it was all a bunch of bologna. I never had any intentions of joining anything, until I came to orientation. Everybody that I met at orientation was planning on going through recruitment and joining a sorority. So naturally I was like "Well dang, maybe I should consider going through recruitment." Now my school does delayed recruitment, which means that it takes place in January, instead of in August before school even starts. I liked that idea, the idea that I could take a semester to get my bearings and get my life together before I had to worry about joining a sorority. Well, then Gamma Sigma Sigma fell into my lap. Gamma Sig is a service, non-Panhellenic sorority. They are non-selective, which means as long as you show up and you're committed, you are welcome to join. And they started the process in September, not January. Well I have to be honest, I liked the idea of not having to go through the stress of recruitment, so I thought I would go see what Gamma Sig was all about. I had a friend who was in Gamma Sig, and she invited me to come to their Open House. Well, typical things that happen to Caroline, I forgot about the Open House. So there's that. So that meant I had a couple of options: I could forget about Gamma Sig because I had missed the Open House, or I could take some initiative and email someone in charge and ask for more information and if I was still allowed to join. For those of you who don't know me, I'm very independent when it comes to some things, but others, not so much. I don't even like walking across the dining hall by myself without a buddy by my side, so the fact that I emailed someone from Gamma Sig and went all by myself to the Member-in-Training (MIT) pinning was a miracle. All that being said, I became a member of Gamma Sig and it was great. I considered also joining a social sorority, one of the five that we have on our campus, but I really felt like Gamma Sig was my home. I liked the girls, I liked what it stood for. I liked it all. And let me tell you it's been awesome.

We do small service projects every month, and we have national service partners that we raise money for. There are not really any negative connotations associated with us, because honestly, not many people have heard of Gamma Sigma Sigma Sigma. But it's been a blessing to be involved in community service and to build relationships with the awesome girls in my sorority. I have an awesome Big sister in the sorority, and last night was our Big/Little Reveal, and I got a Little. Bigs and Littles are sisters that have somewhat of a special bond that they don't have with any of the other sisters in the sorority. It's just great. I love all of my sisters, the things that we stand for, I love my awesome Big, and I am so blessed to have my amazing Little. The Lord has blessed me with some awesome friendships that will last a lifetime.

For all of you out there who are wondering if sororities are all they're cracked up to be, I can tell you that from my experience, they have been. 

Love always,

Caroline