The Leader's Kid

(Copyright 2000, Shelley Haggert - Not to be used, in part or in whole, without the author's permission. May be used within Guiding with proper credit.)

Thanks to Debbie Palecek, who posted this great poem to the Guiding Mailing List!

When you are a leader's kid, you have a different view

Of all the things you learn, and all the things you do

You need to be an example, of how every Brownie should be

And sometimes it gets tough, and I want to just be me

You try out all the crafts, way ahead of time

And if they run out of materials, the unfinished one is mine

Brownie Night is crazy, we get here way ahead

And by the time we get home, the other Brownies are in bed

You go to every camp, and on every extra trip

But when it comes to attention, you feel like you get gypped

I learned in Sparks to share, but what they didn't mention

Was when you share your mother, you also share her attention

The other girls get excited, on the night their mothers come

But my mother can't sit beside me, she's got a meeting to run

She has to be everyone's leader, not just mine alone

But she's always here on Tuesday, who'll do it if she stays home?

I'm glad my mother can make the time, to plan the crafts and learn the songs

And even though it's hard to share her, we still can get along

So thank you Mom for being here, it fills my heart with pride

To see you working every week, even when I'm not by your side

Because of you, we all have a place, to go and have some fun

Our leaders have taught us many things, and I'm glad that you've been one

You won't always be my leader, there'll be others just like you

And when my kid's a Brownie, I'll be her leader too.

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