If you have already read some of the earlier posts you'll know I'm in Northern California for my daughter's college graduation. When she was little she was in Girl Scouts for awhile and when the girls would graduate from one level of scouting to another they would hold a "bridging" ceremony in which the girls would walk across a symbolic bridge to represent the new stage in their life.
We didn't have a bridge nearby, so as I recall her bridging ceremonies were done at the local park where the girls would walk over one of the playground pieces as we all watched.
A couple of years ago we were flying to Northern California on a plane with a bunch of Girl Scouts who were going to hold their ceremony on a real bridge - the Golden Gate. That got me thinking.
As we approached this graduation day we decided to combine something we've always wanted to do with a similar rite of passage. Every time I've driven over the Golden Gate Bridge I've thought about stopping and walking across but we've never had time. We're going to make time today.
After the graduation ceremony (and lunch) we're going to head down to San Francisco and take the time to walk across the bridge. The weather should be nice and we'll get some pictures at mid-span as we make this our own private bridging ceremony and celebrate her passage into the next stage of her life - student teaching.
I'll have some photos later.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
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2 comments:
Very cool. I enjoy your posts from your daughter's graduation. My daughter Katrina is 10 and has been in girl scouts for the last couple of years. They have their bridging ceremony every year in the park near us that has a stream running through it and a nice pedestrian bridge to walk across.
A marvelous idea, the GG Bridge!
Cub Scouts bridge only once, into Boy Scouts.
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