Camp Champions Blog

This morning, a former camper and current camp parent sent me an email that simply made me smile.  I loved the content and it came with a winner of a photo.  With her permission, I share it now.  My contents are in [brackets]:

Welcome to Third Term!!

Several years back, I was talking to a camp mom about her efforts to encourage her children’s friends to come to camp.  She was a particularly enthusiastic recruiter, so I asked her why she spent so much time and effort on it.

As each session draws to close, the Blog River starts to dry up.  My inspirations begin to wane.  [Note: A regular reader might suggest that the stream is already arid.  Perhaps I already “jumped the shark”.  After all, I did write an article featuring foot tans and a costumed dog.]

We had our last meetings with the Senior Campers today.  Over the last 3 weeks, we have met with each group at least 5 times for an hour each.

Recently, I was listening to a podcast about a book called the Stoic Challenge.  In it, the author suggested that we should each resolve that we will not allow circumstances to lead to personal suffering.  We cannot control the world around us, but we can choose to avoid being defeated by it.

One of the keys to life is to celebrate both the grand and the subtle.  We should find small joys in each day.  Today, I want to tip my hat to two such joys. 

OK folks.  I think I want to share one more fluff blog.  In this, we will discuss the Humiliation of Dodger Ma’am and describe what it is like to throw the only serious fireworks show on a lake that usually hosts several.