Erin had been home from camp for exactly one week now, and this blog post was way past due. Mostly because she couldn't figure out how she wanted to sum up this summer.
Here is an entry from her journal earlier this week:
"I've been trying to compose a clever way to express how amazing this summer was, but all I have is 'Any summer spent wearing Crocs is a summer well spent.' That feels like it does zero justice to how wonderful this summer was. Although it somewhat sums up the acceptance and comfort of camp, and how happy she was to wear Crocs 24/7, there's no way it can capture the memories she made new friends in such a beautiful place.
Although this phrase doesn't seem all that deep, perhaps it's all people need to know. Unless you were there, it's difficult to understand. There's so much more that happened this summer, but Erin thinks the memories she made and the feelings she felt are something for her to hold on to. She was struggling with everything that she had going on in her head, so she tried to put them on paper but she just ended up with a three page list of all the feelings she felt about leaving Kingsley Pines.
The most important thing for Erin to recognize is how great it was to step out of her comfort zone. She was terrified when she left. She had no idea what to expect. But she also didn't know that she would discover a new place to call home and meet friends that will last a lifetime. Erin is so incredibly thankful that she took a leap of faith and jumped into summer camp and discovered the way camp should be. KP came at the perfect point in her life. She was ready for a change and the change was great. She liked to refer to this summer as her adventure, and boy, did adventure hit her in the face.
As Erin returns to school she hopes that she can find a way to keep the magic she discovered at camp a part of her life. One of the campers described this magic as a way of staying young forever. It's easy to get lost inside the craziness of this world, and as Erin embarks on the journey that is senior year she hopes to hold this message close to her heart. In the midst of all of life's crazy changes, she hopes she can still find that little of part of her that remembers the magic and stays young at heart.
Erin owes a lot to Kingsley Pines and the people she met there. In the words of Glinda and Elphaba, "Who can say if I've been changed for the better, but because I knew you I have been changed for good."
Here is an entry from her journal earlier this week:
"I've been trying to compose a clever way to express how amazing this summer was, but all I have is 'Any summer spent wearing Crocs is a summer well spent.' That feels like it does zero justice to how wonderful this summer was. Although it somewhat sums up the acceptance and comfort of camp, and how happy she was to wear Crocs 24/7, there's no way it can capture the memories she made new friends in such a beautiful place.
Although this phrase doesn't seem all that deep, perhaps it's all people need to know. Unless you were there, it's difficult to understand. There's so much more that happened this summer, but Erin thinks the memories she made and the feelings she felt are something for her to hold on to. She was struggling with everything that she had going on in her head, so she tried to put them on paper but she just ended up with a three page list of all the feelings she felt about leaving Kingsley Pines.
The most important thing for Erin to recognize is how great it was to step out of her comfort zone. She was terrified when she left. She had no idea what to expect. But she also didn't know that she would discover a new place to call home and meet friends that will last a lifetime. Erin is so incredibly thankful that she took a leap of faith and jumped into summer camp and discovered the way camp should be. KP came at the perfect point in her life. She was ready for a change and the change was great. She liked to refer to this summer as her adventure, and boy, did adventure hit her in the face.
As Erin returns to school she hopes that she can find a way to keep the magic she discovered at camp a part of her life. One of the campers described this magic as a way of staying young forever. It's easy to get lost inside the craziness of this world, and as Erin embarks on the journey that is senior year she hopes to hold this message close to her heart. In the midst of all of life's crazy changes, she hopes she can still find that little of part of her that remembers the magic and stays young at heart.
Erin owes a lot to Kingsley Pines and the people she met there. In the words of Glinda and Elphaba, "Who can say if I've been changed for the better, but because I knew you I have been changed for good."
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