Fourteen Years Ago-Age Ten

I should've just stayed home. I knew this was a bad idea. Who needed Girl Scouts anyway? Not me!

When my troop had announced a mother/daughter hike through the botanical gardens for Mother's Day, I'd nearly died. After the meeting, my leader, Mrs. Hintz, had told me I should come anyway. That maybe one of the other mothers could go with me. How embarrassing.

I was just going to go home after the meeting and hide the permission slip, but ...