Chi Omega

"From the outside looking in, you can never understand it. From the inside looking out, you can never explain it." ~Unknown


I know what people must think when I say that I'm a sorority girl. I can see their expressions change, for some its excitement, and for others, its disgust, but the it always amounts to the same thing, judgement. My first year at college, I never thought I would join a sorority. I was the outdoorsy type of girl, the one who was tough and could hold her own. I have never considered myself a "girly girl", and resent the idea of being thought of as helpless or dumb. I am not dumb, nor am I helpless, and neither are any of my sisters.  


I have decided that instead of feeling hurt or bad about myself when people make rude comments about my being involved in a sorority, I feel sorry for them. Sorry that they don't have or realize what I get to experience every day. Everyone has their hobbies or interests that are important to them, and it would be nice if people could respect that, but we seem to live in a society where everyone feels the need to constantly judge or disrespect other people to make themselves feel good. 


 I am in a sisterhood with 40 of the most beautiful, intelligent, funny and sweet women I have ever met. I'm writing this in complete seriousness. I have met a lot of people in my lifetime but almost none as genuine and as caring as a Chi Omega. The bonds with my sisters that I have I treasure above almost all else, they are the family that I rely on, lean on and go home to at the end of the day.


I am not the same person I was when I entered college last year, that is because I am a better person than I used to be. I have my sisters in Chi Omega to thank for that.