When I was initiated in March, a mom (alumna of the same chapter) was there to pin her daughter. She said it was the same room that they did a candle pass when she got engaged. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

one of the girls who was a year behind me was a legacy. her sister went to school in maine and i think that she may have asked her to come to inititation. her sister told her she had exams or something and that it was not possible. in the mean time, amy was making a plan with our chapter to get picked up at the airport!!! kelly had no idea that she was there. the sisters (including amy) were already in the room when the phis filed in. when kelly saw her sister sitting with the rest of the chapter, she burst into tears and gave her a huge hug. it was sooooo sweet!!!!

ROTFL!!! I was only allowed to apply to colleges which had a Kappa chapter!!

We had several sister/in house legacies at initiation, but after all the drama of our 5-generation legacy, she was asked to be initiated at Grand Convention! We was robbed!! :)

My mom pinned me...it's probably my favorite memory of my mother ever.

I don't care if my (future) daughter goes to college on the moon! If she goes Kappa, I'll be there to pin her Key over her heart.

Plus, it'd be cool to see the moon, y'know. Hee... brings new meaning to the term "lunar colonization."

One of our in house legacies last year was pinned by her biological sister...that was really touching...Also another sister was a legacy through her grandmother who had passed away a few years before...A surprise was that her family sent her grandmother's pin to her diamond sis as a surprise and she was pinned with that pin...

Many moons ago, a young lady in the PC a year behind me was a double legacy-- mom and grandmother. They were both at the initiation. It was really neat to see the three generations at the inititation.

My daughter is now a HS senior who insists she is not going to go through rush. Her first choice school has a KD chapter. I can hope she changes her mind, but alas she has been stubborn since birth, don't see things changing too much when she goes away to school. Should she decide to go through rush, I want her to pick the house where she is comfortable and if it is KD, you can bet that I will be at her inititation!!!

DaffyKD

Okay, I'm happy that my 3 collegiate daughters have gone AOII and Chi O but I want the next one to go Pi Phi! I want to be at her initiation! I want to pin her!

(dancing an impatient dance)

my mom, one aunt and grandmother were all at my inititation. it just made it that much more special, knowing that i was joining the long tradition of sigma kappa in my family.

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ok, now you all are making me want to go out and have a legacy!!!!!!!!
no no no no no no
no babies yet for mandie
but when there are........legacies all the way :-D
Should they be he's and not she's, it'll be ok, as long as they are Sig Eps (i'm not married nor dating a Sig Ep, but I have loved almost ever Sig Ep I've ever had the pleasure of meeting)
Greek Love and Mine,
Mandie

My father made it to my initiation ceremony. It was extremely special because the chapter had asked him to speak a part in it. He also pinned me with his badge that I wore until my own came in.

Jason

This is a twist on most of the above posts. Many years ago ZTA installed a very old local as a ZTA chapter at Elon College. All of the alumnae of the local were invited to be initiated if they wished. Several did and one special lady was the mother of a ZTA alumna from the University of Alabama (my alma mater). Without her knowing it, the daughter flew up and pinned her mother! Believe me, there wasn't a dry eye in the chapel.

The mother became very active as a ZTA alumna and eventually became a member of National Council - as well as a very good friend of mine.

I was a member of the Installation Committee for that weekend and this is a special Zeta memory for me.

Aww this kinda makes me wish that SOMEONE in my family was greek, but no of course not that would be my luck lol. But hopefully if my kids go greek and ended pledging the sorority that I finally choose :) hehe I would definitly be there for them. I know from what others have said that it is a very emotional moment.

Nichole

I had the pleasure and honor of pining my mother back in 1997 when she became of member of my sisterhood through my chapter. I had decided not to be her sponsoring Soror during the membership process so that she could meet other chapter members, but I was on hand to personally pin her with her membership pin at the ceremony.