I was at a Queen's Award Training conference over the weekend just gone. It was an opportunity to learn, to teach and to catch up with some good friends.
As the women arrived there was much chattering and catching up, exclamations of "I haven't seen you for ages!" But the best thing about this was that it didn't matter that these women hadn't seen each other for awhile, they just picked up where they left off. These were friendships that extended years, and had covered a lot of life in that time.
These and my own friendships I've made in GB are one of the things I truly love and appreciate about Girls' Brigade. When you're a girl, you may know others within your company, perhaps in your area. As you get older, you start to meet those in neighbouring areas, then the rest of NZ. Occasionally you even get to meet fellow GB'ers from around the world, but that's a whole other blog entry.
You meet at Fonomare, at Conference, or maybe some Leadership training. You get talking, sharing things in common and it grows into something more than just chit-chat. The women you meet, and the friends you make stay with you. They grow with you, they're there through the good times and the bad times, and are always up for a late night girl talk.
Do you have a Girls' Brigade friendship story?
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