Duly chastised by my colleague Roger Ramirez…”Hey Dude, where’s the blog posts?” shook me out of my doldrums and I’m back in the saddle again with the blog.
Yesterday was Girl Scout thinking day…as I said to my daughter, “But I thought everyday was supposed to be thinking day”…that got me an eye roll and that exasperated expulsion of air that leaves no doubt you’ve said something stupid…once again.
Anyway, a few hundred scouts crammed into the cafeteria at Stratham Memorial School and exhibited and preformed about other countries. Maybe Mexico ( homemade wedding cookies and guacamole) and Switzerland ( chocolate, what else) took the unofficial honors as most popular, but without a little bias I think the belly dancing girls from Newmarket were amazing!
Maybe the best part is that everything I’ve learned about the Girl Scout organization is that they teach tolerance and acceptance – we could use a lot more of that message in our world. And you don’t have to be female to be involved – I was the “cookie Mom” a couple of years ago!
The kids in costumes and dress from countries they researched made some pretty cool photos – and one surprise moment of love and tenderness that in an instant spoke volumes about what the day was all about…so here’s some photos of the day.
