sue.ross.8782

Great wall hanging.

djmat

Lovely quilt! Wonderful organization doing volunteer community service work. Still have Dad's fez!!!
hugs,
dj

SuzzyQ

As my dad explained it, there are no secrets but some of the rituals.
Shhh.... I read his books and imho it was a grownup version of the kids clubhouse.....
When mom died dad wanted her wearing her eastern star pin.... I brought out all the pins she had and dad selected one and we gave it to the funeral director. After the funeral, the director handed back her jewellery because it's not encouraged to bury with it on. Dad realized the the pin he'd given for mom was actually his Masonic pin. I quipped well mom always said she felt like a brother..... she had done a lot of support while dad was secretary of the Lodge.....
I knew what she meant when my dh became treasurer for the same Lodge.....

Jordan

I agree that there was a lot of secrets. My Mom was in Eastern Star and wanted me to be a Rainbow girl which is a branch of ES. I would not join because of all the secret issues. Also, my Dad was a Mason and seemed to like it.

dunster

I was in Job's Daughters. It was a fun organization with lots of activities and opportunities. I got to be friends with girls from other schools that I wouldn't have known otherwise. The only secret I remember was the handshake, which is just a feature of lots of organizations and not really very secret at all. (Even the girl scouts have a not-so-secret handshake.) Meetings were a little dull with lots of ceremony, but at that age I think we enjoyed the ritual of it.