[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

We had seven (including me) in our pledge class, and man was I a bitch to one of the other girls.

I was SURE that Kirsten was a drug-addicted slut, and went so far as to consider turning in my pledge pin (which brought my big sis to tears -- I was her THIRD little, and none of them had yet been initated -- no fault of hers! One's parents had made her depledge when they saw her grades, one transferred, and then me.)

Anyway, my mom's epileptic, and I was in a car accident, and I left the chapter the next semester. That drug-addicted slutty pledge sister of mine? Turned out to be one of the best sisters my chapter ever had. Not only was she neither drug-addicted NOR slutty but she loved Phi Mu every bit as much as I did, and had a ton to give to the sorority.

She graduated last May with her degree in (I think?) social work, and now she owns a house w/ her (I think?) fiancee. We haven't kept up much -- it's been 3 years, almost 4!

I'm still very ashamed of how I acted towards Kirstan the first few weeks of pledging. NOT at all true to the words, deeds, and spirit of Phi Mu. I am so, so lucky that the active sisters looked past the words of a vapid pledge and choose to rely on what they knew that I didn't -- and why they'd chosen her in the first place.

If I could smack my 19 year old self now, I would.

Geez, one more reason my GLO taught me so much...