Sorry Belle
I know that all the sorrys in the world won't make you feel any better. I know that seeing the new line with their para and noses in the air won't feel good, and I know that all of the semi-harsh comments you have been getting can't make you feel any better, either. But just remember, all of my sorors have been where you are now: a non-AKA. I had a very humbling experience the semester after I pledged. Because I had pledged the most elite sorority in the world, you couldn't tell me that my s*** didn't stink. I had my nose so far up in the air, a jet could have landed in it. I refused to even try to get to know a girl who didn't kiss my tail. When one of my big sisters tried to get me to change my mind about one of her girls, I haughtily replied, "I don't want to get to know her". Well, I guess that kind of set off a rage in her, because she couldn't believe that someone who had once been so sweet and humble had become the worst thing imaginable. She calmly proceeded to tell me that when the chapter voted the first time, they had decided on twelve girls. I was not one of the twelve. They later decided that the number was too small, and decided to go with 26 instead, and that's when I made the cut. I said all of that to tell you that its pretty easy to sit up and wonder "Why Me?", and its easy for my sorors to sometimes say, "Well, just because". But the easiest thing to remember is that there are many AKAs who would be a little more humble if they realized, as I did, how close they ALMOST came to being shut out from the elite few.
BELLE, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP GIRL, AND STRIVE FOR NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fall'94
Tougalloo College
One of the very pretty "26 Reasons to be Green with Envy"
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