The Puddles

Wow. This was the best experience that I have ever had in Girl Scouts.  I am so glad that I got to take my daughters with me to this event.  They are still talking about it.  It has been 30 years since the convention was in Houston (and I did go to that one too).  I don’t know that we will ever have this opportunity again.  My girls got to meet women and girls from all over the nation and the world. Their favorite person was the girl from Japan.  They thought that was just too cool.

It was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center and there were thousands of girls there.  Every booth gave out free stuff to the girls and/or had activities for the girls to do.  Cool activities too.  We didn’t even get to do half of the stuff.  At lunch time with the troop we decided to stay longer.  The girls were having a blast.  So after calling all of the parents we stayed until 4pm when the convention closed.  I only hope that my girls can do it again and participate as part of the older girl part.  What an empowering event for these girls.  In a world that so often degrades women, this was a place that was all about the empowering of women.  Every mom that came with us emailed, called or texted me and thanked me for taking the girls.  It was worth all of the effort to get us there.  I will never forget this experience ever.