I'm not sure which part of that title is more surprising..."grown-up" or "sorority girl." I suppose that would depend on who you are. For me, neither one is that surprising anymore. Many of you probably don't know that I am a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Yes, it's a sorority, or to be more historically accurate, a women's fraternity; the word sorority was not coined yet when Theta was founded in 1870 by the four women pictured below. Pretty hot, eh?
Every year around this time I delve back into my days as a student at Albion College and resume my duties as the Advisory Board Chair for the Gamma deuteron chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at Ohio Wesleyan University. Whew, that's a mouthful. Officially, it means that I help guide the President of the chapter in her duties. What it usually means in reality is that I get to relive my college days a little, and realize how the drama of college life never changes. It's amazing for me to hear about the trials and tribulations, think back to how devastating they were for me when I was 20 years old, and then laugh at how I wish those were my biggest problems now.
Right about now you're probably saying, "Wait, you're almost 30 and you still do stuff with you're sorority? You're crazy!" And that's what Chris says most of the time. Don't even get me started on James and his snide comments. But here's the thing. Without getting into the "if I told you, I'd have to kill you" kind of information, no promise I made when I initiated had a time limit on it. The women of this chapter, as well as the hundreds of thousands of other Thetas across the country, are my sisters, and I'll do whatever I can to help them. Always.
So, yes, I'm a sorority girl. And I love it. Will Lauren be a sorority girl? Judging by her Theta bib and the box of Theta stuff I've already started for her, it just might happen. Just don't tell her dad...then he'll have two sorority girls to deal with.
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