YAY! That is so cute and exciting... congrats to you, your daughter, and ZTA!

thanks to everyone for your kind words and good wishes.

the general advisor called us from the bid day party and got our daughter on the phone-i could hear the laughter and chattering in the background, and sue b.(the general advisor) said that everyone was having such a good time. my husband and i both spoke to our daughter, and i saw my husband tear up. later he said to me,"what an awesome sisterhood-here the general advisor, whom you have never met, calls you up and puts kathryn on the phone. i am so glad that with her so far from home, she has found a home and a family at samford." no parent could wish for any more!!

That is a really great touch, calling legacies parents from bid day! I will pass this along to my chapter!

Congratulations to you and your daughter! What a great story.:)

Oh, I had a feeling she was going to go ZTA! Congratulations - what a wonderful story! :)

Congrats, Lisa.

Congrats! I'm so happy that your daughter found her home at Zeta. I was praying that she would be your daughter and sister. Yeah another Zeta!!!

ZLAM,
Tracy

What class!! You must be bursting with pride!! Congratulations!!

well, i spoke with my daughter yesterday-she had a wonderful time at her bid day(actually night) festivities-they went as a group from the gym to the house, where they got a bid day buddy(crown sister). then one by one, the bid day buddies would stand up and introduce their new member and then the new member would tell one interesting fact about themselves. my daughter said that her mind went completely blank, and all she could think about was that she learned to wakeboard this summer, so that is what she shared. after all the intros. the members told the new members that there was a surprise outside for them, and when they all went outside, guess what it was?????

You're evil!!!:p :p :p

Mercy! Mercy! Tell us!

sorry friends-had to go get on the other computer to print out boarding passes so that hubby and i can go to parents weekend tomorrow!!

there were limos outside waiting to whisk all the girls off to another site for the real party. my daughter said that they had finger foods and soft drinks, the girls sang some songs for them, and a good time was had by all. they got their bid day shirt, a zta window decal and a some more items which escape me right now. oh yes, they got nice black quilted bags(think vera bradley) with z t a written in script in pink.

it was so cute-as she was telling me about her goodies, she said that each new member got a door decoration-she said that they got crowns(what else?) out of bright yellow with their name on it in glitter and "only the best get crowned"-she seemed more proud of that than anything else.

i asked her about her pledge class, and she told me the names of some of the girls whom i had met with her during her orientation. i was so excited to hear that they were her sisters now, because i had kind of picked them out as rush crushes for myself!! they had their first new member meeting last night. i look forward to hearing all about that tomorrow.

in august, when my friends daughter pledged zta at u of f, i ordered 2 darling zta photo frames, one for my friends daughter and one "just in case"-hope it survives the baggage check at the airport!!

FSUZeta-
How wonderful that you can share your sorority with your daughter-a perfect ending for both of you! Please let us hear all about parents' weekend when you return. Congratulations on a daughter, now a sister!

i will bbelleadpi. i just spoke to her to confirm our flight arrival time, and she said that their pledging ceremony is tonight.

This was such a great thread- thank you for sharing your daughter's story!! I loved the detail. Since there is so much (understandable) concern about not getting into too much detail on most threads, this was a great detail-fix! The idea that you are mother-daughter and sisters is just so great... reading this made me tear up a bit. I just hope my coworkers don't walk by and notice! :) This definitely makes me want to have a family full of Greeks- so far I'm the only one, but it's a start!