I learned about homesickness at sleep away camp.
Most of the silly songs my children learned were ones I discovered at summer camps. Tying a lanyard (in both barrel and box stitch) and learning to eat soupy oatmeal, listening to Taps and sitting around a campfire - I can conjure those memories without any effort at all.
And so, when Little Cuter announced the creation of Mom Camp, I opened the floodgates and let it all back in. I was 6 and I was 10 and I was 16 and I was doing fun stuff in the summertime.
It's been a wonderful day.
It sounds great! I didn't get to go to camp, but I spent ten years as a Campfire Girls leader, so I know plenty of that stuff too. :-)
ReplyDeleteLinda, my summer camp experience was as a Camp Fire Girl.
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