Christmas!

The theme this week is "Christmas in June". On Saturday, Property Manager T cut down a huge pine tree and brought it into the dining hall. It was about 12 feet tall and almost touches the ceiling. It could be a bit wider for me, but it's not bad...

This evening, campers rotated between 5 different stations- Christmas cookie decorating, Christmas bingo, Christmas charades, Christmas caroling and Christmas ornament making.

The kids were so excited and everyone was in a festive, happy mood. I walked from station to station just overwhelmed with happiness. It was such a perfect, happy, wonderful activity.

Gradually, my feelings of impending doom around every corner are fading. Every day, about 100 times a day, in small moments, when I watch the counselors with the kids, when I observe activities, when I interact with the kids- over and over, I am overcome with happiness and pride.

Last summer, I was still in a cloud of grief from the loss of my dad. Camp flooded. I had a new business manager, a new property manager, new cook, and new program directors. Everything was difficult. So perhaps this summer, everything feels so much easier because last summer was so hard.

Whatever it is, this summer is starting off it a beautiful, amazing, fun, enjoyable, fabulous way and I am enjoying every minute of it.

I feel like a kid at Christmas... apropos for this week I suppose...