Love Truly is the Greatest of All Things

On Sunday, February 14th, also known as Valentine’s Day, the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority
house held a social gathering that reminded Zetas, both current and alumni, that love really is the greatest of all things. ZTA alumni brought their children to participate in the festivities on this sunny Sunday afternoon. Zeta really outdid themselves with cookie decorating, valentine making, face painting, and even a petting zoo. I expected to simply make an appearance at this event, but being thoroughly entertained, I was one of the very last people to leave the house. I even helped bring in the giant ZTA letters from the front yard because I was still lingering.

When I first got to the house the cutest baby boy, Conrad, was waiting to greet us at the door. Before we could even get passed the foyer, we were taken back by all the love in the air. We look to the left and see pink lemonade, copious amount of candy, and cookies ready for decorating, and to the right was a table of valentines seeking to be written on. As we walked around the house we saw sisters of all ages giving hugs and smiles celebrating this day of love in the best way possible. There was not one, not two, but three face painters at the house that day. I sat down and told the artist she had artistic freedom to paint whatever she felt like. She used purple, pink, and lots of glitter to transform my face into a whirl of colorful spirals and hearts. With our faces freshly painted, Jolie and I headed to the back yard to see these animals everyone had been raving about. We stopped to wish Mama G a happy birthday of course! Once we sat down two of the fluffiest bunnies I have ever seen were placed in our laps. After taking the obligatory selfies with our new valentines, we had to sadly give the animals back and let other kids have a turn petting them. We then headed inside to decorate some valentines and talk to our sisters about our lives and what not before calling it a day and going home.

I cannot think of a better way to spend Valentine’s day than with my sorority sisters and animals. The weather was great, the animals were nice (even when the hedgehog decided to poop on Jolie’s lap), the face painters were pulling out their A game, and everyone looked genuinely happy. Contrary to my usual lazy Sunday plans of simply preparing myself for the week that lies ahead, I am confident I made the right decision to leave my apartment and partake in the light hearted day of love. Now at chapter when we all yell “LOVE the greatest of all things” I know that our sisterly love is truly there. 

Alyssa Zucker PC '15