Have you been surprised by the ending of a life experience that has played a large part in your life?
When my girls were small, I became a Girl Guide leader as one was badly needed to run the activities for those age 5 and up. I was the first leader in that community to take girls camping outdoors in a long time. It took training - a lot of management expertise to learn how to run camps, meet all the legal and health requirements which were quite stringent and manage different age groups of lively girls learning totally new activities. I loved it! I eventually became a Camp Advisor for a couple of large areas, managed the finances and maintenance of the camps under my care with a lot of help from my wonderful DH. I took 175 girls to a two-week camp where at one time the drinking water was contaminated but managed to work it all out. My kids attended these camps and I watched them progress with each camp. One became the life guard at a large camp for a couple of years gaining great and valuable experience to add to her resume.
One small camp was sold and replaced with another but needed me attending town council meetings, coping with any opposition from neighbours but it all unfolded. Eventually my life got so busy that I stepped down from all Girl Guide roles. I learned a lot from a really well-run organization.
Today, I found out that all those Girl Guide camps are being sold over the next couple of years. Beautiful properties! How things have changed