Old Council, New Council

Out with the old and in with the new.

It didn't feel right to rip the patch off and not record the moment. I almost felt I was betraying someone or something by removing the patch.

At this transition point all we feel is sadness about leaving behind all the good memories.

My sons need to have new experiences to earn the respect and admiration of the new situation. I need to get to know these families more before I consider them acquaintences let alone friends. We entrust our kids with these leaders and I still don't really know who they are yet.

Yet, it's not a clean break from the old relationships. We feel like we have one foot in both places, perhaps that is due to us still owning the Connecticut house and knowing it sits lonely?

Both of my kids are asking to camp at the old summer camp in Connecticut with our former Troop next summer. They could very well attend as provisional campers and the leadership, I am sure, would let them be at the Troop campsite so long as they had two bunks free.

And, another Troop who let my older son camp with them once was so impressed with him, that the Scoutmaster has invited him to go to Scotland with them for the 2012 Jamborette. We haven't made the decision yet as it is expensive and I think our son should earn all the money to go ($2K) due to the tight financial situation our family is in with maintaining two houses. My son is brainstorming ways to earn money as I write this.