[Shelacious]

I posted this on the listserv, but since not all our Sorors are there...thanks to Elle, Malika and all my other Sorors who posted beautiful things today. Also thanks to the fellow greeks out there who also have wished our Sorority well.
-s.

On January 16, it is a good day for me to reflect upon
the organization to which I have provided years of
sweat, many tears and considerable money.

Zeta is so much more than a sorority, and so much more
than a community service organization, although she is
obviously both.

Zeta is more than a blue and white family-- a network
of women, men, youth and seniors, although it is
clearly a part of her charm.

Zeta is so much deeper than a call, a color scheme, a
symbol or a hand sign, although Zeta is recognizable
by all of these images.

Zeta is much more complex than being known as a group
of uncommon women sharing common goals, even though
Zeta women are renowned for our independence united in
sisterhood.

Zeta is an infrastructure and a belief system. She
provides to us a raison d'etre: a reason to be. She
illustrates principles by which we can live. She shows
us a higher way of thinking. She provides us our
friends, our family and even at times--our enemies.
Zeta has such a profound effect on our collective
lives that we have no choice but to be forever altered
from our former way of thinking or doing.

Zeta is not always easy. She is not always fair. She
is not always perfect. But her ideals, her goals and
her mission are forever timeless--and for that
precious gift my Sorors, we should always be grateful.

-shel