In Happiness

• Your girls bridge your heart swells with pride and you begin to tear
• You go into the local drugstore feeling very bad from the flu, and looking so bad your family hardly recognizes you, and the teenage girl checking you out says "I know you, I'm Jessica, you were my Brownie Leader!" and you feel instantly recovered
• You haven't been a registered Girl Scout for almost 10 years, but when you were out on the 'Net looking for craft ideas for work and stumbled across the WAGGGS-L address you immediately subscribed And, now, ~three months later, you still read every Digest when it comes in at work, even if the boss is walking by (my monitor faces away from the door :-) ) because you're gathering all sorts of ideas for that time, somewhere in the future, when you'll be leading your own daughter's troop
• You run into teenage girls who had been part of your troops when they were brownies or juniors and the girls hug you...
• At your daughter's wedding, the 26 year old Matron of Honor drags her husband over to you and says, "Honey, I want you to meet my Girl Scout Leader!"
• You attend a large parade with the rest of your family--they are all oohing and aahing over the floats and marching bands--while you are craning your neck to be the first to call out (with mother tears in your eyes) "HERE COME THE BROWNIES!" (regardless of whether your daughter is one of the Brownies or not!)