Chapter Eleven: Who Runs the World?

On my honor I will try to serve God and my country, to help people at all times, and live by the Girl Scout Law.  -Girl Scout Promise

At this very moment, my daughter is at a Girl Scout meeting. This is her first year and she rocks the blue Daisy smock like a pro. It was a little selfish on my part because Husband and I hunt for Girl Scout cookies every year at this time… but no longer! We have an insider now, and as a result, ordered so many more boxes of cookies than we need. But it does need to be said that I am proud of her initiative and excitement about scouting. Especially coming of the International Woman's Day high, I see the need for this organization to promote confidence in women of all ages and teach all kinds of skills.

Chapter Ten: Pop Culture Piedom

There are two pop culture characters I'm feeling particularly entwined with since starting my blog. They're both from much beloved screen things. The first is Jenna Hunterson, the pie-making maven in the movie (and now, Broadway musical) Waitress. The second is the regenerative Ned, the pie-baker of The Pie Hole in Pushing Daisies.

What I think I admire from both of them is that they can make sweet delights from difficult circumstances. Jenna creates pies in her minds eye to cope with a loveless marriage, an unwanted pregnancy, and crises of conscious. Ned brings life from death, baking it into pie and enriching lives (sometimes by solving crime) with sweetness and quick wit.