Stories of Sisterhood

[AlexMack]

Mine's little but it still means a lot to me personally.

The summer of 2005 was really hard on me emotionally. I had met a sister from BU through livejournal. At my darkest, weakest point, I was suicidal, but her emails and livejournal messages kept me up and got me through it. Without her I'm not sure what I would have done.
It's amazing what someone who you've never physically met but share a bond with can do for you mentally and emotionally.
Also my big-I talked with her a lot and she helped me through the tough stuff as well.

I feel like this is the thread you should print out and hand to people who are skeptical about the greek system. My mum is still dubious but I'm winning her over. I've asked her to do the memory walk with me in September which I plan to do with local alums, (it's one of Sigma Kappa's biggest philanthropy events) and she's agreed to do it, as long as I get her a Sigma Kappa Mom t-shirt!

[Brita]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Mine's little but it still means a lot to me personally.

That is not little...that is a GREAT story!!

[kathykd2005]

When I was growing up, I lived in a foster home. My grandmother, my former guardian, died when I was 11 and my mother died when I was 14, so I always missed having strong women to look up to. When I joined Kappa Delta, I found true female role models, as well as a kind of family that would never go away.

When I got married two years ago, I had no family members at my wedding, due to an argument I had with my brother. However, I had my sisters there to support me, and that meant more to me than anything. My husband suffered a severe heart attack last year, and my sisters were the only "family" who called, emailed, and offered to help me through the two months he was in the hospital (two weeks of which he was in a coma). They were the only ones who truly got me through the ordeal. When I think about all that my sisterhood has given me, words cannot even describe it. I'm so happy to be able to experience what true friendship means. Thank you to Kappa Delta, but thank you, as well, to the entire Greek Community.

[AlwaysSAI]

WoW! I love this thread!!! I hope it stays up forever so that we can always share our happy stories.

[minDyG]

Bump? I don't have a story to tell but I love my sisters and I'd love to hear some other people's stories so I can get my feel-good moment of the day.

[Axid angel]

well this story is only a little one, but i have been thinking about it all day and then i randomly ran across this thread so i thought i would share it. i must warn you it is a little gross. once we were having a retreat and michelle had a runny nose, and there not a tissue in sight. catalina didn't hessitate for one second to pull out her sleeve so michelle could blow her nose. i just don't know any gdis that have that kind of dedication to their friends!

[tinydancer16]

I have one! It was the day after bid day, so keep in mind that I barely knew any of these girls -the only person I really knew much about was my friend who I had english class with. A pledge sister of mine along with three other actives and I had gone to one of their friend's houses for a party. My pledge sister and I were sitting together in a big armchair talking, just sorta getting to know each other (the one sister who I knew well knew her well through a mutual friend and had claimed we were "gonna be best friends...seriously" -we were trying to see if that was the case)
So anyway, we're sitting there, the sisters are off talking to other people and my pledge sister starts telling me about why she rushed and I can't believe it...she's telling my story exactly. She's talking about wanting to find the type of girls who were down for anything, whether it's sitting around in PJs watching TV or heading out on a road trip in the middle of the night just because, about wanting to find her place in a school that's pretty daunting, and how she thought seriously about transferring until this wonderful, amazing group of girls came along. She even felt held back because of a long-distance boyfriend just like I did! All of a sudden I was in tears -I hadn't been so happy in such a long time. Of course we're still in a room full of people so I'm bawling for no apparent reason with all of these people I don't know and I'm starting to feel like a complete idiot when she leaned over and hugged me. All of a sudden the three other sisters who were there appeared and were hugging the two of us too. One big Kappa Delta group hug in the middle of a party! One of their guy friends came over and asked what was going on (rather loudly) and my sister picked up her head, gave him a rather withering look and said "It's a sister thing...you wouldn't get it." and put her head back down. I have never felt more safe or loved in my whole life.
Cut to the end of the semester, I'm great friends with all of the girls who were there that night, the girl from my pledge class is indeed my best friend at school and the girl who made the defending comment is my roommate for next semester!
Love these girls more than life -truly an AOT moment!