Make new friends, but keep the old

"You wear the badge to let people know that you are prepared and willing to be called on because you are a Girl Scout." ~ Juliette G. Low

My girlfriend, Kim (Hi, Kim!), called me the other night to ask how a certain Girl Scout badge was suppose to be placed on the sash. I couldn't say for sure so I went digging for my own sash and/or vest to see if I had a similar badge. I didn't, but between the two of us we figured it out.

I was keeping my brownie sash in my memory trunk. My memory trunk is just that, a trunk with some of my memories in it. It is stuffed full of all kinds of memories from my childhood. I have my bronzed baby shoes, a hand crafted photo album (with pictures glued to construction paper paged), very small t-shirts I wore as a baby, my old diaries (how embarrassing..ha), and loads of other things.



I'm very glad that her phone call prompted me to go and dig it out. Because when I found it was under an old valentine sucker that some boy must have given me. The sucker was wrapped in tinfoil, but I guess over the years it has melted or started sweating, maybe? I'm not sure what happened, but it got all over my sash. I tried not to panic at the thought of having to get rid of my brownie sash. I brought it to my husband and told him that I was going to take it to the dry cleaners to see if they could save it. He had a better idea (which is why I keep him around). He soaked it in hot water and all that candy just melted right off of the sash. I knew he was good for something.



As you can see, it looks good as new. I threw that sucker away. I can't even remember who gave it to me or when. But my brownie sash, well, that's a different thing. Girl Scouts was a very large part of my life for many, many years. I have too many memories to count from all my years in Girl Scouts. I still have friends that I made in Girl Scouts, most of them have become like family to me. So, I'm glad that I went to pull it out so that I could take some time to think about all my Girl Scout adventures. And, I am very glad we were able to save the sash.