Determined

I know that I am a girl. I know that I can join Girl Scouts, or Frontier Girls, or American Heritage Girls. But I want to be a Boy Scout. I want to be an Eagle Scout. I am determined to be an Eagle Scout. I have been told that the BSA will likely not ever give me the rank of Eagle Scout, because I am a girl, but I know that I can accomplish this goal.

I am determined to meet the requirements, not for anyone else, but for me. I am determined to show everyone that girls can do anything that boys can. I am strong and I am fearless. I want to show other girls that they can do anything, accomplish anything, if they want to work for it.

I think this experience will make me a stronger person, inside and out. I hope that it will help to prepare me for life. Just yesterday I went to my brother's bridging ceremony, and I saw him and the other boys becoming Boy Scouts, and I wanted to be like them.

I can do this!

~Brigid

The Bridging

Yesterday, my oldest son bridged from being a Webelo, to being a Boy Scout. I was proud, as any mother should be. Then my oldest daughter asked me, why she couldn't be a Boy Scout, other than because she isn't a boy. I had no answer. She told me, and I already knew, that she could do anything a boy could do.

She's tried joining the Girl Scouts, but they never contacted us back. We sent in paperwork, sent emails, tried to get her started...and never heard anything back. Besides all that, being a Girl Scout, even at the highest level, you don't get the benefits offered to a Boy Scout who receives the highest level. She feels it isn't fair, and her father and I agree. She has decided, at the age of 9, that she is going to accomplish all of the requirements to become an Eagle Scout, if for no other reason than to prove that a girl can do it. This blog will serve as a memoir of her journey, written by both she and I.