RE: throw away society now independence

Good girl Melody - there is no finer service that you could render to
those girls! Wish more were given the message everywhere! Proud of ya!


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 05:50:28 -0500 (EST)

>This is one of my biggest reasons for being involved with Girl Scouts as
>both a leader and a parent...it's important to me that my girls and
>their friends who choose to be involved in Girl Scouts learn early that
>the road to self esteem lies in their ability to do for themselves...as
>a troop leader I find enjoyment in watching the girls learning to be
>self sufficient and capable in many arenas that will serve them well as
>adults.
>
>
>
>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
>--Albert Einstein
>
> --- On Fri 11/21, Theresa < tchessie@comcast.net > wrote:
>From: Theresa [mailto: tchessie@comcast.net]
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:15:03 -0800
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society
>
>I'll second that! I am delighted that I can replace a kitchen faucet,
>haul<br>shrubs out of the ground, and still occassionally catch guys
>watching me<br>walk across the grocery store parking lot when I'm in a
>pair of heels.<br>Thank god my husband is also an independent thinking
>person- and not in the<br>least threatened by my tendency to do what
>ever comes to mind. (Although he<br>did fuss at me when I nearly got
>crushed underneath the yard waste barrel<br>becuase I had put about 400
>lbs of stuff in it and then tried to move it all<br>by myself :) It
>cracks me up when my male neighbor across the street wants<br>to know
>where my husband is when I'm out working in the yard and garden-
>It<br>is my project, not my husbands! It worries my thought when his 11
>year old<br>daughter doesn't understand this- maybe eventually a little
>of my influence<br>will rub off on
>her.<br><br>Theresa<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From:
>owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On<br>Behalf
>Of Pamela J. Evans<br>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 6:10 PM<br>To:
>gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away
>society<br><br><br>Amen to that Donna. My mother once said to me, not
>too many years ago,<br>that she wondered if she raised us to be too
>independent! I told her -<br>absolutely not. Can't be too independent.
>That would like being too into<br>gardening - can't
>happen!!<br><br><br>LOL<br><br>---------- Original Message
>----------------------------------<br>From: "Donna "
><justme@prairieinet.net><br>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>Date: Fri,
>21 Nov 2003 19:46:43 -0600<br><br>>I think this was the most important
>thing you can do for your child...<br>> No matter what life throws at
>them, they will be able to handle it...<br>>whether we approve or
>not...<br>><br>>Donna<br>><br>><br>>> I became a very<br>>> independent
>person, and raised my sons to be individuals. They<br>>haven't<br>>>
>always<br>>> turned out the way I expected, but they are all very much
>independent<br>>> individuals.<br>>><br>>>
>
>Thanks for your concern.
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Pam Evans
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