We're Cheetah Sisters. We Stand Together. We Make Up One Big Family Though We Don't Look The Same.

On January 13th, I celebrated 106 years of sisterhood, service, and scholarship with my chapter sisters. This celebration wouldn't have come together if my oldest spec and I hadn't set up the event. I hadn't seen her in a year. I hadn't seen one of my line sisters in 6 months. A long time had passed. These are people I really care about. Everyone just gets so busy, and you start to worry whether or not it will be awkward. I woke up at 9:00am. I showered, curled my hair, and did my makeup. By the time 11:00am rolled around, I was late to church. I made it at about 10 after. There was a guest preacher who came and spoke about the disciples. Particularly Matthew. He talked about how Matthew had been a tax collector working for the Roman Empire prior to leaving it all to follow Jesus. He talked about how different the people who left it all to follow Jesus were. How they all still managed to work together. We also ended the service with a deep prayer about how it is possible to hear Jesus speak to you. The service ran over and I knew I was going to be late. I ran to Walmart to get an elephant for the gift exchange. I also got a card for my sorority sister that was recently diagnosed with cancer. By the time I had made it home, I realized that I had bae's key. I had to have my kind, caring baby brother take it over to him. I threw on a shirt I had with all the founders name on it, put on some lipstick, and rushed to get ready as fast as I could.

What I didn't know was that my ride would also be making a stop in Leavenworth. 40 minutes away from my home and 40 minutes away from the restaurant. If I had known, I would have driven myself. I know that sounds bad, but I wanted to be on time. I was one of the people that put the event together and I felt that being late was disrespecting everyone's time. I knew that the stop in Leavenworth was important and had to be done, but it put a little damper on the day.

The rest of the day went wonderfully. We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. When we arrived everyone had already been seated and ordered food. I went ahead and ordered the Cajun chicken littles, macaroni and cheese, and mashed potatoes. It was delicious as always. Before we had even finished our food, some guests were ready to leave. We have a sorority sister with a new boyfriend who couldn't wait to get back to him. I understood, because two founder's day ago I skipped in order to spend time with bae at a hotel bae and I had gotten together. New love means always wanting to be together. I thought it was cute, but everyone else was roasting her and rolling their eyes. It's hard to understand if you've never felt that way before. We got up in the middle of our meal and took photos by the staircase. It's funny, because this made the waitress assume that we weren't going to pay for our meal. I was very offended and kept ensuring her we would be back to pay. She wouldn't let it go. We got some decent pictures. I was just happy that all of us were together again.

Four of us stayed and chatted about various things for quite awhile. Some of the conversation was interesting and some of it was boring. Some of it we had talked about at least 50 times before. We talked about how one of our lines never get along. We talked about the made vs. not made stuff Greeks can't get enough of. After dinner, we headed to a get together for all women in our sorority. I was expecting a boring party, but it was actually really fun. They had cake, drinks, and a DJ playing great music. I got to see all my delta mamas and the women who led me to Deltaland. We got to take photos with them and talk a bit.

The best part of the night came from visiting my soror who was recently diagnosed with cancer. We went to her home for the first time. We told her what's been going on with us. She told us about how she's already done two rounds of treatment. She told us that she hasn't been having terrible side effects aside from a sore mouth. She told us about how cooperative her job was being even though she doesn't have paid time off yet. She told us about how she had been praying on the word trust for a year. She ended up getting a job at a trust fund and now has the hard journey to go through. She was positive which left me encouraged. We gave her a card and some money that we had donated. It brought her to tears which almost brought me to tears. She deserved the small token of our appreciation and more. It was the most special moment of the day to me. When people treat you well, it feels good to have an opportunity to return the favor and show your love and appreciation.

I ended the day feeling whole.

Song of the Day: Cheetah Sisters by the Cheetah Girls

Quote of the Day: “Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.”   (This meme is going around about valuing friends that tell you the truth when its not easy. It really spoke to me, because that was a big friendship issue I had last year.)