Wednesday at Brave Girl Camp is when things really start rolling.  Wednesday is when we start to figure out how the rest of the week is going to be…we start out with breakfast that is lovingly prepared by Kathy, Malary, Grandma (Kathy and Melody’s mom – who always comes to Brave Girl Camp to help out) and some staffers….this morning we have Kathy’s delicious yogurt creme parfaits served with fresh fruit and bacon on the side…because bacon makes everything that much better. :)

The anticipation for what the day holds makes us feel like our hearts are going to jump right out of our chests!  But FINALLY after breakfast it’s time to gather around the red carpet for our very first Brave Girls lesson.  Melody teaches us about the soulwork we’ll be doing that morning…she tells us special stories and reassures us.  She shows us exactly what to do, so that even those of us who aren’t artsy don’t feel lost.  And finally it’s time…time to head into the art room…and this is what it feels like:

So many lovely things…surrounded by beauty…you can’t help but smile when you see it all.

Melody keeps teaching…she shows us how to make things…and more importantly she teaches us who we are…and that the little girl inside of us wants to come out.  She shows us how to invite her out and how to love her again and BE her again.

And we keep making art…and somehow the more we make art, the more convinced we are of the truth that Melody is sharing with us.

Meanwhile there is always something happening in the kitchen….yummy smells fill the entire cabin all day long…and we anticipate Kathy’s next delicious meal…

And sometimes we step away from the art to hang out with the kitchen folks while we get something to drink.

Before we know it, lunch is served.

Then back to work…which is so much fun that it hardly feels like work at all….yet at the same time we know that the work we’re doing is some of the most important we’ll ever do for ourselves and the people we love.

We break for a snack…

And learn MORE about ourselves through our art…

By the time evening rolls around we really need a break and some fresh air… so we take a walk to the lake…and of course we take lots of pictures…

The company is awesome….the conversation is out of this world…we love each other already…

When we get back, we have time to do a little more art before dinner…

Then dinner…

And red carpet time…so we gather around…

And we talk about what we’ve learned from the day…and we feel so safe…like sisters.

Then Kathy sings us another lullaby…and it feels like this…

We go to bed exhausted from all that we’ve done…but it’s the good kind of tired.  Most importantly, we go to bed feeling a little more brave than we did when we woke up.