Ophelia’s Place Blog

A couple of weeks ago, I went back to college, not to my alma mater Baylor University, but rather, Cookie College with the Girl Scouts. As a lifelong fan of the thin mint, I wanted an answer to the greatest mystery of our time – what’s actually in a Girl Scout cookie?

Girl Scouts invited Ophelia’s Place to take part in one of the workshops for the college called “Cookies and Confidence.” Through the use of role playing, audience participation and girls sharing their experiences, we discovered that what is in a Girl Scout cookie is not your basic ingredients, not eggs and sugar, but rather the opportunity for each girl to grow and excel. The girls spoke about the new friends made, the trips they had been on, the skills learned and the patches earned. We took turns role playing how to share what Girl Scouts means and I was amazed at their willingness to get up and practice. I loved being with them, we had cookies and milk and I even got to wear a vest for role playing. See photo below!!!

Girl Scouts is committed to helping girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. But their favorite words, and some of ours at OP, are courage, confidence and character…all things needed to build leaders, who make the world a better place.

Ophelia’s Place loves being a part of Girl Scouts and I have to say, Courage, Confidence and Character make one tasty thin mint cookie!

For more information about the Girl Scouts, please visit www.gsccny.org

~ Lori Rhoads

Welcome to the OP blog… we have updated the website! (Okay, so truth be told, it wasn’t we)… it was this dynamic duo of Christopher Ames and his ridiculously talented wife, Lori Rhoads!  Yes, she is the visionary behind the “new look” and he is the “make it happen” dude who also happens to be a rock star… no really check him out at www.christopherames.com (how’s that for some shameless promotion Chris?) And, of course, my dear friend Joslyn Smith provided the photos, the grammatical corrections and many of the words we used… she’s a word guru.  Joslyn is also ridiculously talented.  I’m excited about the new website and this blog… I’m not really sure how it all works but the “make it happen rock star dude” no doubt does! Again, that’s www.christopherames.com  (if I give him enough plugs, maybe he won’t charge me for the new site… heehee). I do know that all I have to do right now (according to my charge from Lori) is welcome everyone and invite you to share your insights… dreams… truths… or perhaps what tickles you.

You should know that Ophelia’s Place kicked off a new campaign last year at our fashion show called got beauty? which basically is all about redefining beauty. What we realized is that it’s no longer a campaign… as that would mean it would eventually end. No, we decided that got beauty? has become part of our fiber (I said that to Joslyn the other day and she loved it… so I thought I should use it).  Anyways, I invite you to come along with us on this journey, let us know what you think of the new site… not that we (www.christopherames.com) are going to change it or anything… but, more importantly, let us know what you think beauty is…

How about I go first? For me, beauty is watching my new little granddaughter, Anna Jean, talk to the angels.

So, here’s to a beautiful beginning for 2009!

~ Mary Ellen

Welcome to the new Ophelia’s Place Blog! We have updated our website and have created this blog to be a place where we can talk about anything that touches the hearts and people within Ophelia’s Place. We look forward to sharing and hearing your thoughts, as well!!