This year is much different because Rebecca now knows the ropes, and has a group of friends she is looking forward to seeing. She is also excited about seeing her new bunk, and meeting her new counselors. In addition, she won't be a "new kid" anymore. She's an old, experienced veteran in the camp world.
Rebecca recently expressed some serious anxiety about going to camp and told us she didn't want to go. She was giving us a hard time. But then Jen pulled out her old letters from last year and started reading them out loud. As Rebecca started to hear them, the tears quickly stopped, and she started to smile and laugh with us at how happy her letters were. Many of the letters were about the food, which I certainly appreciated, but Jen didn't really care for (she wanted to hear more about the friendships she was building...blah).Either way, those letters were definitely a good reminder about the awesome time Rebecca had last year, and will hopefully serve as a forecast for this coming summer (fingers crossed).
And reading those letters certainly made me feel better too. It's not easy letting my little Lamb Chop leave us for 7 weeks, but knowing how much fun, growth, adventure, and all-around good times await her certainly makes it easier to send her off.
