Today is National Panhellenic Conference Badge Day.  This is my badge.

I heard it all when I was in college...comments about buying my friends, comments about being a sorority slut, comments about acting like an idiot just to be part of a group that was going to be gone forever when I graduated...

Here's the truth.  I was never hazed.  I did not buy my friends.  If I was acting like an idiot, it's because it was four in the morning and we were all tired and it was the end of the term and we were all together goofing off.  I joined a sorority because I had found a group that had a core set of beliefs that aligned with mine.  My sisters helped me stay true to what was important.

And it's still there, many years later.  And it's gotten bigger and deeper and more beautiful with time.

There's a saying that floats around a lot in Greek Life circles.  "First, you become a part of it, then it becomes a part of you."  It's just as true today as it was in September of 1998.