I stepped right into my dreams.....a little peace of heaven on Earth.... Brave Girl Camp

Brave Girl Camp - Boise, Idaho

Last month I was able to attend Brave Girl Camp and 

feel as if I stepped into another world.  I have never

experienced anything like it in my 46 years of life.

When you think of putting 25 women in one small

building...each with different personalities and ideas..

from different walks of life...... different views.....

different socioeconomic status.... different proffessions...

well, lets be honest here... you would usually equate 

all of the above with "clicks" or "snobbery" or 

"leaving someone out" or "not feeling adequate" or

"not fitting in" or "fear of failure"..... and so many'

more things that usually are brought to mind

when that many women, who seem so different

are put together.... BUT NO.... at that magical 

place...NO ONE felt left out, every single person

felt cherished and loved and wanted and needed,

as each person became a spoke on that large wheel

called Brave Girl Club.... each person brought

her story, her talent, her gifts to the whole....

in a way that I have never seen before...

the wheel was able to do its job.... it turned

and had not ONE wobble.... from the start.

Melody and Kathy (and each Brave Sister

staff member) greeted us morning after 

morning with open arms....LITERALLY...

arms stretched wide ... with nothing but

love in their eyes....and sweet greetings from

their lips the moment we stepped off of

the Brave Girl Bus onto the Camp grounds.

I came home a better me....because each 

brave sister there made me see my 

strength....the gifts that I brought to 

the world..... to my family and friends...

to my new sisters...in the end....

THERE WAS NO END.... because we

left knowing that forever we would be

bound by this sisterhood called 

"Brave Girl Club".... we know that this

place.... was a place where we truly 

learned what our wings were born to

do.... not just flap furiously in effort to

get higher ...but to fly peacefully and 

along the way to be wrapped around

other brave sisters who we meet on

our journey home.  www.bravegirlsclub.com

If you've never visited the Brave Girl Club..

it would be SO worth a look-see! :) 

you will truly be blessed!! 

This is how we were greeted EACH morning as we arrived

on the Brave Girl Bus..............

Our first day there, Melody gave us bird seed to visualize being

our "worries from home"...we then threw our worries to the

birds..... because we were going to be HERE and ONLY here

this week.... and no worries were welcome because, as Melody

said, "Worries are for the birds!" ......... 

Precious sister bonds were formed with each brave girl there.....

There were words of affirmation sprinkled throughout

the property to remind us that WE indeed were worth

the time to "get away" and become BRAVER than

we ever knew we were...... we found just how ALIKE

we really are.... just little girls inside making our way

in a great big world.... daughters, mothers, sisters,

friends, grandmothers, wives, ......and oh so much more!

Mentor bonds were made with so many precious sisters..

Mrs. Pam's strength and resilience left me in awe of the

power and majesty of OUR LORD.... what a beautiful

testimony of strength and grace and mercy her life is...

what a blessing to know her....and walk this journey

with her ..... she taught us all what it means to be

strong yet gentle.... love just oozes from her!! 

 Alumni Brave Girls wrapping their sweet wings

around their NEW Brave Girl sisters...... Leigh and Mrs. Judy.

Jeni and Dawn (new Brave Girl being loved on by an alumni

Brave Girl.... nothing sweeter!)

Alumni Brave Girls wrapping their arms around their new

Brave Girl sisters..... momma bonds were MADE.... and

will forever remain..... :) Mrs. Annie and I.

Fall was in the air....and all over the camp grounds.......

 Jeni and I...two NEW Brave Girls!!

 Group time.... singing and sharing ..... priceless moments!

 Artsy Fartsy TIME.....endless art supplies right at our little fingertips!!

Trina... .another NEW Brave Girl sister.................... 

Our sisterhood will only grow stronger through the coming

years....and this I KNOW FOR SURE....... 

My sister gift (Leigh) and I with Melody on the last night of camp.

Me, Kathy and Leigh. :)

What I learned about myself at camp is that

God designed me to be free... His mercies are

new every SINGLE morning.... on this journey home!