About a year ago to the date, your life changed. Given, life is always changing; sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse, but regardless, it changed. You went to sleep on Sunday night as an only child who had always dreamed of having sisters. A sister who would be there in the middle of the night when you couldn't stop crying. A sister who would be there to truthfully tell you that your shoes did not match your outfit, and then loan you a pair that did. A sister who was not your best friend all the time, but would still have your back when you needed it. You went to bed on Monday night with all that and more. It's impossible to say you found exactly what you were looking for right away, but over time it came, and it came in a lot of forms. It came in the form of relief when you remembered that a sister had stayed in tonight and would be more than willing to come rescue us from the fraternity party from hell we were stuck at. It came in the form of some glue when your heart was split into a hundred pieces- once in November, and again in March and April. It came in the form of a stupid choice on your part, and your sisters helping me reconcile what you'd done and make something good come out of it. One can go on and on about the form of sisterhood that happens when a group of sixty-some girls comes together for a common cause, but then again, it couldn't be put it into words. Someone who is not blessed with this amazing experience could not look at you and your sisters and understand the love that exists for each other.
Tonight you're going to Bid Night. It'll be your first time being on the other side of this amazing night, but obviously not the last. Tonight is all about changing another set of girls' lives. Tonight is about being strangers and Alpha Delta Pi being all it took to bring us all together. It's why our motto "we live for each other" is true, more than anyone realizes.
Love,
Denise
