Well I honestly do not know how to explain this, as a Grandfather, as a Parent, or as a Sibling. I have grown up with brothers, men, and almost never around women except my mom and my wife. So tonight I have been watching training videos and reading a lot of information about participating with Girl Scouts, a possible learning curve for me. Yes just a little apprehensive. At 56 my son cannot participate and the mother of our granddaughter lives in another state, so Ashley wants to be part of the Girl Scouts at 7 years of age and that's cool but one parent has to supervise and I just passed all the background checks. In the past I was Patrol leader at 16, Senior Patrol Leader, at 17, Scribe and ran a Boy Scout troop till 18 and passed into Eagle rank. Clearly a long time ago. As my son entered into scouting at 16 -18 I was back again supporting scouting. But now I am in the autumn of life and struggling to be relevant. And Ashley is so important to our relationships. How cool is this. Wow. There are planned hiking trips and camp outs apparently that crappy crafts thing in cubs and GS is far less important now. We had a great time selling cookies!
EDIT - This is so important to many girls as an introduction to Hiking, camp, and backpacking so if you have anything to add, such as first experiences feel free.
EDIT - This is so important to many girls as an introduction to Hiking, camp, and backpacking so if you have anything to add, such as first experiences feel free.
Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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