Last Session Reflection

Wow! What a session! I had an amazing time. My counselors were great and I had eleven other cabinmates to share my week with. I love going to camp and my camp family with all of my heart. It's going to be a very long next two years until I can be staff but somehow I think I'll manage.

It's with great thanks I say these things. For loving me no matter what, taking time to talk to my about my life and future, for giving me hugs, love and advice like no one else ever could. For wiping away tears I shed and being able to make me laugh. For watching me grow up and having faith in me and telling me that I will do great things. For making me smile and laugh when I think the world is going to fall apart. For every moment that has made me stop and think "Yea, this is why I keep living". For the love. For words. For knowledge you have instilled me with. For the songs, serious, loving, funny and the ones sung wrong. For the friendships, the crushes and the giggles. For the memories that will last a lifetime and get me through the toughest days. For never giving up on me, even when I feel like giving up on myself. For llamas, tie-dye, Go Meat!, late night chats, early morning wake-ups, funny faces and stuffed animals. For making me too catch the Bieber fever. For rock and roll breakfasts (which are the only way to wake up). For giving me inspiration for my past, present and future. For allowing me to dream. For now and forever. For life lessons I could learn no where else. For unique opportunities, challenges, and situations. For skills, both useful and random. For the stories I will tell for years to come. Thanks for everything everyone. 15 years have flown by! I love you all and you all have a place in my heart forever.


LOVE!
Welcome Home.

As it grows closer...

I grow more excited and sad at the same time.
My last summer camp session is in roughly a month and a half. And there's the part of me that's stoked and the part of me that's freaking out. All I know is there are some people that if I don't get to see soon I might explode (JK), but really...I love my camp family but more than that I love what camp is. I'll be sad to go at the end of the week but as Pun always says "You don't really need camp because really camp is you and it's always with you, right here, in your heart."

Winter WOLP 2010

Amazingness! It always is with my camp family. It's so trippy that was my last winter session. It still hasn't set in yet...wow.
Anyways so much went on that I can't even put into words...I love you all so much. Thank you for being the people you are and for loving me always, I will love you always.
<3

Poetry

So this summer while we out on the WOLP hike I wrote some poetry. Here it is!

Overnight backpack trip
Amazing, inspiring, life changing
eye opening and reassuring
Awesome staff
Great friends both old and new
Camp
the feeling of belonging and
of being loved
Truthful, real, honest
The most magical place on Earth
Gotta have love for it
forever gonna bask in it
Never going to let the good times
and memories fade
Amazing, wonderful place-
where I belong



WOLP director,
leader,
and friend!
Always there to
lend a helping
hand.
Inspiring others
everyday.
Can make you
smile and laugh.
Always there to listen,
love
and support.
Fearless WOLP
leader.
There for you
when you call.
Amazing Papa Jo
best director of them
all!


Star light, star bright laying here looking up
at the sky during the WOLP hike
Never thought I'd see this day,
I am thankful that I have
Dirt, bugs and poppin' a squat-most definitely amazing
being here in this spot
Love these people, they are
family
Love this place, it's the only one for
me
My life has been changed
my whole world molded
This is past, this is my future
have to have strength because life's an
adventure
Always supported and never
let down
From directors to counselors to cabinmates-
these people let me know I'm great
There to laugh with you and cry with you too-
these people at camp are just like glue
Their words and love help
hold me together
They help to improve my life-
make it better
Love each person I meet here
forever and always
Their spirit, love and best
qualities
This place is where I to be-
it is the most important place in the world
to me
<3

Summer Camp 2009

Best summer of my life!! Wow I had such a great time. I had awesome counselors and had a ton of fun on the WOLP hike. The best part though was for sure the dance. Poker Face is all I'm gonna say. I met amazing people. I can't even find words. So THANK YOU, will have to do! I love you all!

Summer Camp 2009

Wow! I had such an amazing time at camp this summer. I seriously don't even know if I can put into words how awesome it was. I met some really great people and have made some friends for life. I loved being in WOLP and being in the oldest girls cabin! Cabin 14 rocks! :) Anyways, it was such an amazing experience to take on a leadership role and get to impact the younger cabins. The staff at the session was amazing as always and I am so thankful for all the volunteers who continue to come back as well as those who are new. Camp is such a magical place and you help make it happen. With that being said to all my old and new camper friends, I'm glad that I know each and every one of you. You have all changed my life in some way or another. Pretty much anything camp has changed my life.

I only have one winter and one summer session left so I'm gonna live it up. It truly is the place that I love with all my heart.

I can't wait for Beach Day and the Christmas Party. I also can't wait to get started on my senior project hours which involve camp.

Camp+Me=:)
Camp is Life! :)

Wow

So many years have gone by since I first started doing camp yet the feeling of excitement never seems to waiver. The closer it gets to being time to go the more excited I get. Maybe it's because I'm going to be in WOLP or maybe it's because I realize that I don't know if I'm going to have time to go next summer. So I'm fully intending to live each summer camp moment up this year...because it could be my last! Scary!!