Ben the Bear

Ben got his Bear badge and his religious knot last week at pack meeting. He is funny because he’ll go months without doing much of anything for scouts and then all of a sudden he will catch the scouting spirit and start kicking out requirements one right after the other. I’m just glad that he has the ability to self-motivate (even if it comes in spurts).


I decided that my least favorite part of scouts (besides wearing my ultra-flattering scout shirt) is sewing on patches. When I put Ben’s Bear badge on his shirt, I realized that all of his arrow points were too high and there wasn’t room for his Webelos badge. By the time I was done unpicking and then re-sewing those (twice . . . I’m a bit of a perfectionist), my fingers were pretty sore. Ben was thoughtful and said “maybe you could take it to someone who is really good at sewing and ask them to do it.” Thanks Ben.