My son has been at camp for ten days now, with three more to go. I miss him terribly but the great thing about Camp Ridgecrest is that every day they post pictures of the days activities online with a note that includes daily highlights and what they were served for meals. As a Mom, what they served for meals is very important because you do wonder if their eating and knowing what they were served gives you a good idea if they ate or not.
Anyway, I sent my son with 14 postcards (all pre-addressed and stamped), I figured that they had a rest period every day, so how hard could it be to write a quick postcard. It wasn't like I sent stationary and expected a letter. Apparently, harder than I thought. I have received one postcard at this point and it said "I love you mom". As excited I was to hear that, it just wet my whistle, I still wanted to know more. (Let's face it, I want to know if he's brushing his teeth.) Then today in the mail I received a postcard from camp. Not one from my child of course. But, the next best thing...his counselor. Now we were talking, his counselor told me how he had spent his extra money, what he was doing, that he was sleeping well (still no mention of the teeth, but I'll get over it), that he's having a great time. His counselor told me about some of the skills he has learned, like throwing a Frisbee and how well he is doing in volleyball and how he talks constantly.
Yes, finally I had some information and I couldn't have been more excited about it. Then at the end of the note came the most important sentence of all. He said "and he is really growing in the Lord every day." Wow, you can't get that from a picture but, that is what it is all about. The knowledge of these camp programs and their focus on discipleship gave me the ability to send my eight year old to camp for two weeks so far away in the first place.
Growing in the Lord makes the teeth not so important, huh?:) Love you!
Yes, it absolutely does.