Tonight we had a Young Women Activity. I am the 1st Counselor in the Young Women Presidency in our congregation. I love it! Absolutely love it! The girls I am in charge of are the 14-15 year olds. It's a difficult time for them. They want to assert their independence, therefore unfortunatly not many of them join in the activities. I love our girls though and am grateful for the chance to be around them. I feel extremely youthful - not that I'm saying I'm old, I'm not! But tonight was a reminder of how young I am and how easy and fun it is to be a young woman. 2 of the girls and I played broom hockey with a younger brother joining me on my team. Here I am a 30-year old "leader" running around the gym with a broom in my hand sneaking the "puck" (chalkboard eraser) out from underneath a 12-year old's broom. This girl brought out the competitive spirit in me again and it felt FANTASTIC!! I thought I'd lost that part of me and to my delight and surprise it's still there. I was NOT going to let myself lose to two 12-year olds. And we didn't. We won 7 -4. :) I know I'm silly, but I really enjoyed myself. And it felt fabulous to know I can handle my own with a broom, my legs, my beet red face, and my hips! I even threw in a few basketball moves!! Go me! :) By the way, don't feel bad for the 12-year old. She's a soccer player and has the boniest hips I've ever felt!!