Abbey Jackson: 2007 President

Gamma Rho is so special to me!  Whenever I think about my college years, Gamma Rho weaves itself into so many of those memories.  Rush and induction...well, that was, uh....fun.  Ha!  Loved doing Spring Sing with my sisters (I still proudly do the can-can whenever I hear the Moulin Rogue song).  I remember all of our banquets...especially the cruise ship...and the impromptu dancing that broke out.  I remember getting a care package in Japan from all of the new Gammies....I am pretty sure I cried that day.  Playing center for our championship football team or getting a technical foul in C-league basketball stand out.  I remember serving alongside my sisters, building floats for Homecoming, writing notes to girls who were having bad weeks.  Heck, I frequently dressed up as Rainbow Brite to show my Gamma pride.  One of my most vivid memories of Gamma, however, was whenever I found out my parents were getting a divorce my senior year.  I can't even begin to express how supportive those Gamma girls were.  Flowers, cards, books, hugs, prayers.  They surrounded me in one of my lowest times.  

But Gamma is so much more than just a club that creates a lot of memories.  It truly is a sisterhood--it's family.  I love and appreciate the verse Paul writes in Romans 12 about "rejoicing with those who rejoice, and mourning with those who mourn." What a beautiful description of what we are to be for each other.  Gamma fits that description.  I don't think I ever fully realized the power in the words we sung at our weekly meetings..."Blest be the ties that bind..."  until now.  I am so thankful that God put such godly girls to surround/encourage/rejoice with/mourn with/and love me during such a pivotal time in my life.  Still to this day, that Gamma bond runs deep in my friendships.  However, it is the bond of Christ that makes it so special.  Current Gamma Members, may Jesus be the at the center of Gamma Rho and in all your friendships.  It really is the tie that binds.