Okay, so I'm not camping, but I am thinking a LOT about camp lately. This year I really have a longing to be at camp. Sherbrooke is going to have a great summer with my dear friends Laura and Kate in charge!
I guess maybe because this will be my 3rd summer not there that it's starting to be missed! I can't wait to go back someday (in the very far future) and direct with my own kids running around all summer. I'll have my own little free range children on the loose :) That is a long way away! Need to have no babies and not be prego for that day to come. (Just one so far, nobody panic!)
I have been asked to give a speech at Camp Kidston's training session, which is coming up this Friday. It's about 30 minutes on exceptional campers and special needs etc. For some reason I feel very nervous, which makes no sense! I've spoken on this before and lived through helping many kids in the past. I guess maybe because it's the first professional role I've had since being off almost a year. I am having a hard time even sitting down to brainstorm what I will say which holds any value. I think I just need to sit and do it. I'm happy to be speaking at their training though, Kidston was my first true UC camp love! Happy to be helping out. Another camp which is in good hands this year, my friend John is taking the lead! (Which is awesome, he was a Sr camper my first year counselling at Kidston. How time flies!)
I was also asked just today if I could be a part of the training program for the Sackville Sports Stadium Daycamp… Another camp near and dear to my heart! I started volunteering for camp at 13, worked ages 16 & 17, and of course was a camper age 5-10. Not sure the details on the one yet, but sometime in June!
It is so nice being involved with camps long after I've gone, nice to know there is always a connection.
And just because today kind of a cloudy, glum day…
… It's always a beautiful day at Sherbrooke Lake!
