Real Life and Other Randomness

When people ask me what I do, I usually tell them, "I do God's work."  And then when they give me a strange look, I add on, ...

I got the Thursday night blues, I think. Those nights have been pretty special to me for the last 8 summers.  Our camp's closing campf...

I'm a camp girl.  It's true.  I am. I am many other things: a teacher, a coach, a daughter, a sister, a friend. But mostly, I...

There is a song I once sang, at a camp, not so long ago.  Its opening lines are: "It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and so...

When I was 10, I was a Girl Scout.  In fact, I was a Girl Scout for a really long time, but at 10, I was a scout who was desperate to go to ...

I always say that the best part of my summer job as a camp director is bearing witness to the moment that a child falls in love with camp.  ...

Camp is hectic right now.  Hell.  It's been hectic for a month because that's what camp is -- hectic -- the very nature of the beast...

I've waited for a few days to write this post.  (In truth, it will probably turn out to be a series of posts.  A lifetime love is hard t...

Nostalgia is always a tricky thing for me. It's a fine line between visiting the past through a couple of fond memories and wallowing o...

This is a speech I wrote to celebrate a co-worker's 20th summer at camp.  I don't know many people that can do any job for 20 years,...

Today,  I: taught Young Grasshoppa how to drive the mule.  Welcome to a lifetime of hauling water and running errands and worrying that you...

Yesterday, as stated before, didn't start out so hot.  And by the time I reached camp, problems just kept arising.  Here's a quick ...

Tonight a little row of 5 year old teeth grinned a big grin at me.  Tonight, I watched ten little 5 year old fingers grip an arrow and break...

Yesterday was kind of one long, crazy, what-the-hell-just-happened kind of day. Lots of things made me happy, but some things made me terr...

My heart is full.  Two parents came to speak to our staff tonight about the topic of parental expectations when they drop their precious c...

My body has yet to adjust to "camp time". Even without kids in camp, the days go on forever, and the work never stops. Even a ...

All signs point to the fact that fall is fast approaching. Camp is over. I've been stocking up on blue and black pens for school. The Ea...

Today was a hard day. An unbelievably hard day. Today was the kind of day that makes you question not only the choices of others but also yo...

Today, I lived my life as a bystander. I missed my opportunity to be present and attentive to the world spinning and humming around me. ...

Today, I witnessed a miracle. People say that all the time, but I rarely ever believe in it. I think the word is over-used and under-apprec...