ANST - thoughts on what is the sca all about ...

[Lee Lemons]

Well said Donnel!

And there are times the SCA is about the big, fully-armored fighter kneeling infront of a child water-bearer getting some water, and the awed look on the child's face as he walks off after
hugging the child for the water.

Sometimes the SCA is about someone being so sick she has to leave site to get home (2 or so hours away) for her medicine, basically leaving all her camping gear for whoever wanted it, only to
find out later that, unasked,  gentles had packed it all up in order to bring it back to her.  By the way, that one huge act of kindness influenced her to not leave the SCA.

And sometimes the SCA is biting your tongue to not say something you'd really like to say but know it would only make matters worse, not knowing all sides of the story, but feeling strongly about
what you do know, anyway.

Finally, sometimes the SCA is just a huge family, with all the good and bad thereof.  Any of the above mentioned people could have been "hobbeyists" or "immersionists" or whatever else can be
dreamed up to label each type of person who decides to join the SCA, but the SCA is open to all, and while diversity can bring change and / or problems, it can also enrich.

And I'm not sure I'd want it any other way.

Curstaidh

DonnelShaw at aol.com wrote:

> We all go threw stages of playing the game. There are times in our lives when we play hard and are at everything. Then there are times we just play. And there are times we do a little of both.
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