Come on – you remember summer camp… Cute boy, bonfire, movie night, holding hands
walking back to your cabin… There is
nothing like a little summer romance. As
summertime takes over 2012, my fervent hope is that sentiment stays true - no
matter what age!
In high school at camp, there was “the waiting game”. We all had crushes on fellow camp counselors
(or staff members), needless to say.
Counselor canteen started 30 minutes after lights out and was simply
hanging out at “The Place”. The
friendship, fellowship and flirting was alive and well at the end of each day. The last 2 people awake, that outlasted
everyone else, "won" the waiting game and got to steal goodnight kisses. Oh the silly grin on my face as I recall the innocence of youth and share that
vivid memory J. These days my nieces are camp goers and I know they have a wonderful time each summer. They have found the love of a place that few people know and we now share. But beyond that shared love of a special thin place between heaven and earth, my ardent hope is that they each have summer loves (perhaps new, year after year) that excite them, cherish them and adore them! Until one day, a guy comes along and “gets it”. That’s what we are all want for our loved ones, right?
But oh, the fun of flirting… of visiting a special place… of
the anticipation of the person you want to know better in the long days and
cool, sticky nights of summertime. While
camp was many, many years ago, it is still nice to think about interests that come around and make you feel fun & alive. As adults, we find new “camps” – places of
common interests and passions in our lives.
"Summer lovin’ had me a blast, summer lovin’ happened so
fast." (anyone else notice a constant soundtrack in my life? Always a tune to accompany the moment/thought/sentiment/feeling :-)
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