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Last night we had our alumni ceremony. The whole time I kept thinking that "OMG I can't believe that's going to be me up there next year".

This sorority has brought me so much. I thought about how when I graduate, I'll be leaving everything I've known for 5 years. Basically that is Phi Mu and the very few friends I've met outside the Greek system. They've changed and shaped my life and allowed me to experience so many fun times. But I was also allowed to grow and mature, and see how people change with age, which I was never really used to before.

Another thing that made me realize I'd made the best decision in my life, was the first time I heard our national president, Kathy Williams, speak. She was our national Panhel person at the time, and it was at our State Day. The next year I went to conference, and she was president. I met so many Phi Mus from all ove our region. It was a great feeling to know that there are hundreds of thousands of girls who have gone through the same beautiful ritual that I have. We may have different traditions, but together we are all the same.

Would I change my decision to join a sorority? If I had known back then what I was getting myself into, there's no way in the world that I'd change it.