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It is so clique to say it, but yes, I cried!!:D and Praised my Savior!! I hugged all the Sorors and then called my mama!!:) Then went to the luncheon and got a lot of gifts!! Then went home to the STL, my family had a surprise party for me at my cousin-Soror's house!! They had a pink and green cake for me and a lot of gifts, it was truly a happy happy day!! The next day I went to all the greek stores in the STL and changed all my internet profiles!! LOL!:D :D

the first community service projest i did was serving dinner at the ronald mcdonald house. the first fun (but still charitable) this i did was my chapter's annual date auction which raises money for minority scholarships.

Sorors,

I am glad to know that I was not the only one shedding tears. I was indeed in good company. :)

The thought of becoming a woman of Alpha Kappa Alpha was just so amazing to me that when it sank in that that dream was finally coming to fruition, I was just overcome... and the tears were flowing.

After I stopped crying, the older and younger sorors wanted to hear me skee-weee... at first, I was scared but they coaxed me on and I let it rip! LOL

SC

I tried my best not to let the emotions get to me, but I cried like never before when I finally became an AKA. Part was happiness and disbelief at the honor of being associated with such a group. Part was sadness because my grandmother (a Golden Soror) could not be there. So, I immediately called her on the phone and as soon as she answered, I started to sing the hymn. She started crying too. I was just overwhelmed with so much emotion. I think I cried for the next several hours. It was an experience I'll never forget.

This is so beautiful. You are going to make me cry right now.

Sorors, I still cry over the beauty of our organization. It still gets to me, especially when I get together with my line sisters. I love my AKA.

Please introduce yourself in the new soror thread! :D

Soror, I still cry sometimes too. It's easy to get full of emotion when you look at the beauty of what we do and what an honor it is to be part of something so precious.

A few of us are getting together later this month and I already know it will be emotional.

<<< Glad to know that I was not the only one with tears of joy on that lovely day!

The first thing I did was call my cousin soror!

She and I met in 98(at a family reunion) and she walked with me during my entire journey. So for her to travel from Detroit to NC to do me the honor, I couldn't help but turn on the water works. I can't even put into words, the feelings I had while standing beside her and singing the hymn.

First thing I did was cry. My mother, cousins and family friends that are sorors were there. I was so excited and cried until all 32 of my line sisters crossed over. It was a day I will never forget and Ive been lovn life in this Pink and Green World ever since.

Wow 5mo goes fast
 

Greetings Sorors,

Wow, well since I came into this wonderful sisterhood in Fall 05, and graduated Fall 05 things moved rather quickly. The first thing I did was CRY LIKE A BABY..I CRIED LIKE I WAS IN TROUBLE AND MY MOTHER WAS COMING TO GET AFTER ME!! I was so drained emotionally and had the crying headache..lol I went home and put on some nalia :) and skee-daddled myself to my boyfriends house to regroup and met up with my sisters later.

Officially we had a forum on the black family, AKA-robics, We sponsered a family for turkey day and we sang x-mas carols at the nursing home where our Soror lives. Not bad for 2months, it was great!

I can't believe I hadn't posted in this forum.

When I became an AKA...I cried and cried and smiled and smiled and smiled. It was one of the most beautiful and spiritual moments of my life! I will never ever forget it! Sorors seeing together is what really made me bawl!

After that, I had to put my plates on my car because I had to tell the world...I GOT MY PEARLS!!

A week later, I was at my first meeting voting for new officers!

I asked..."Can I call you Soror now?" LOL

Then it was soror this and soror that. Hey soror. Yes soror. No soror.

Then I came home and took a well deserved nap!

Chapter meeting is in 2 weeks. But I did send a O.K. what can I do email today. :p

I thought I posted in this thread, but now I can't find it.

The first thing I did was crack a smile. I mean, big GOOFY grin. I didn't cry, which is surprising. Very surprising. Then, I called my Soror Cousin who showed a little 9 year old "THE LIGHT". Then, I called my Soror Best Friend and gave her a crazy sounding Skeeee-weeeeee. LOL

Well it's been awhile-but I remember going to dinner with my new line sisters that evening-and putting AKA plates on my car the next day!

Where have you been miss missy!!! ;)

puchased everything that I could wear pink or green

TTT for the new GC Sorors

I cried, cried and cried some more!

Ditto!
 

And, did the call until I lost my voice. :D

I cried like a newborn baby! Then I opened up all my gifts and fell asleep wearing all my nalia, like a little kid on Christmas! The work began immediately the following week with our first fund-raiser to benefit a residential center for terminally ill children.

i smiled and laughed and hugged and took pictures and threw up my pinky and stumbled home sick. once i drove myself home, i gathered my gifts into my bed and went through them. i slept for 2 days straight--i'd started succumbing to a cold and sinus infection the night before so i was a mess. my voice was gone by the end of the rededication hymn.

but it wasn't until i FINALLY got my pearls *last night* that i was completely overwhelmed by emotion--we just got our certificate and our pins yesterday. i got so choked up and couldn't stop looking at it. i showed my mom-in-law and she was all happy (my sponsor), then i looked at it some more. oh and i sent for my login to the website :D and updated my info today. and i looked at that beautiful badge some more. i finally feel official :)

breaks my heart to see badges on ebay. they are so precious. i wish i could buy them all to ensure that a soror had them. too bad i'm a broke, ph.d. student. i got my pearls :D and i have a heart to collect those lost pearls just floating around.

just waiting on my history book now :/ i guess after boule.

That's my mommy too....well the 2nd one. LOL

Its hard for me to talk about what I did...
 

because i get emotional...I remember thinking i'll never make anyone who had anything to do with my admission into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated regret their decision. I remember feeling like there was a weight on my shoulders...the kind of weight that you feel when your mom tells you that when you walk out of the house you're not just representing yourself but your family. So the first thing I did was thank God, prayed to stay on the path He'd carved out for my life, and yes like so many other Sorors I cried.

Who can remember back that far LOL !!!!!
Beta Alpha, Fall 1982

first thing i did as an AKA
 

Besides doing all the chants, stances, taking loads of pictures, and saying the call in my sleep...I did several programs and community service events. Most importantly.....I attended the South Atlantic Regional Conference in Atlanta, GA.

The first thing I did as an AKA was call my mother (she was unable to attend my ceremony), then I called my best friend, then I took pictures. After the luncheon, I went to sleep and slept for a day and a half.

I feel so silly but I am crying reading this post!!!

Anyway like so many others have shared I too cried as my good friend pinned me at my initiation ceremony. I started to get that welled up feeling in my gut and I took one look at my friend and we both started doing the UGLY cry!!! We were crying so hard she couldn't even get my pin on right, another Soror had to come and help us. I'll never forget when she told me, between sobbing cries, "I love you and I am so happy that you are my friend and now my Soror". Yall I was so moved by the love in that room I still tear up thinking about it.

Immediately after it was offical we sang the hymn and I hugged every Soror in the room. Then we took pictures for what seemed like hours and then went to a public luncheon where we were showered with gifts of the Pink and Green kind. We threw up the pinky so many times my finger was sore!

I called my Soror Aunt, my Soror Cousin, and my fiance (a non greek who was more supportive that I though he would be).

The following week I attended my first sorority meeting at which new officers were installed, and had a get together with my "fellow initiates" ;) were we all attempted our first Skeeee Weeee. It was a mess yall. Some of us were better at it than others... but it was all in the name of AKA love!

Wow, I just saw this. LOL

ttt

And I just realized that I never answered this.

Hugged my grannie, who was there. Hugged a bunch of my lss (and there were a lot of us.) Took lots of pictures. Helped my #15 with a minor crisis (lol), and then celebrated with family and friends. Finally, slept. I could not believe how exhausted I was.

all of the above---lol

Plus, that was only 2 years ago for me. I took my pic (pinky up!) & posted it on fb with the quickness! I couldn't wait! lol

Ha. I had to wait. I did not have a digital camera at the time, so I had to wait until the pics got developed. :lol:

In this order... cried while I was being pinned, hugged my LS's and Sorors then took about 100+ pictures lol.

I would like to answer this one also.....I hugged my family members and close friends of the family who were all Sorors. I wasn't crying yet, but I couldn't hold back while we were singing the hymn and the tears began to flow. Then, I was overwhealmed with excitement and that excitement still has not left me.

^^To this day, the hymn gets me all teary. :) ;)

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Such a beautiful thread!

I'm still new (to GC and AKA) lol, so it's pretty easy for me to remember...

my first action was crying and hugging every soror I could! I tried on every single piece of para I had been gifted and took tons of pictures...lol, then I threw up the pinky in the mirror (haha, I can't believe I'm admitting that last one). The following week we were in action with a servicep rojec.t