I agree with the GC Diamond Sisters...that would be great!
(Or maybe we can set it up on the Yahoo group, hmmm.....
My story with my diamond sisters is different, sort of, from yours. My older diamond and I weren't necessarily *very* close, but her and I hit it off very well and we still keep in occassional touch. I love her dearly and have the plaque she made me right above my desk here so I can see it every day and remember my special sister.
My younger diamond and I are like two peas in a pod, which is kind of ironic considering we're really NOTHING alike! We come from opposite ends of the country (me from rural San Diego county, her from right outside NYC), I'm shy and she's very outgoing, and all that fun stuff, but where it really counts, her and I strike a chord within one another. When she came to our informal recruitment events my senior year I absolutely fell in love with her, and when she accepted our bid, I told the president as we ran over to Walmart to get sodas for the bid day party that she HAD to be my diamond sister (at that time, everyone in my diamond *family* (I use the term loosely) had been an Elementary Education major, as was my soon-to-be diamond sister). At that time, we took a week to reveal diamond sisters, so it was so much fun sneaking her little gifts....she never figured out it was me until we finally revealed! Her and I are really close, and talk as often as we can....she's engaged to be married next year, and I've already been asked to be in the wedding, and you better darn well believe I'll move heaven and earth to be in New York for her wedding....she's my baby diamond!
I understand how Lindsay is feeling with her closest friends in the chapter graduating. I didn't go through it, but everyone in the classes behind me told me that's how they felt when my class graduated. A lot of the girls who graduated with me were the *fun* people to hang out with, and I know that my diamond and her roommate were two of the ones who were really sad to see us go. I wish I had better words advice for you, Lindsay, but I really don't
