Camp Life
Why Overnight Camp Isn’t Right For My Kid–Top 5 Concerns
Over the last 14 years, I have engaged in countless conversations with people (many of whom are friends) about whether or not overnight camp is right for their kid. These are Top 5 Concerns I hear the most:
Read MoreBeing A Camp Director’s Wife
(From The Archives: May 5, 2014) My husband, Cody, is one of the directors of an overnight camp for kids in Northern Michigan. Every year, Cody moves up to camp at the end of April to start setting up. My girls (4 and 7 years old) and I visit when we can, but we can’t move…
Read MoreCharity Begins At Home
Every morning I walk my dog, Bruno Marshall, around the neighborhood. We live in a neighborhood where the houses are far apart and the streets are usually free from cars, unless someone is throwing a party. The speed limit is 25, but there’s a lot of space and the streets are long so many people think…
Read MoreTaking Advantage Of Growing Up At A Summer Camp
When I was a little girl, I wanted to grow up in the “room on the tippy-top floor” of the Plaza Hotel in New York City like Eloise from the book Eloise. My kids are growing up an at overnight camp in Northern Michigan. For them, Camp Tanuga is the Plaza Hotel.
Read MoreIt’s Just Part of Being A Camp Counselor
In hip hop songs, it’s not uncommon for rappers to throw accolades at someone who has helped them achieve success. They reference other rappers they look up to, or acknowledge the ones who have helped them along the way. It’s like their way of saying Thank you. There’s even one song where the rapper straight-up says “Shady made it so my babies…
Read MoreCHASE PERLMAN
There’s a kid at camp named Chase Perlman. He was a camper for many years and now he’s a counselor. Chase Perlman has two brothers and they are equally as awesome as he is. They come from a very special family, and they are all very special to us. One night during the summer of 2013, Chase Perlman…
Read More“I Don’t Know About You, But I’m Feeling 22”
It came out of nowhere but my kids are now Taylor Swift super fans. One day they didn’t know who she was and the next day they were telling me all about her “beef” with Katy Perry. Shortly after that, we had a Taylor Swift binge session watching videos like Style and Blank Space. My girls were…
Read MoreThe Beginning of Your Life Starts at the End of Your Comfort Zone.
It’s May so my huz is gone. He and Bruno (our dog) moved up north at the end of April to start working at camp. This is them: We will visit a few times, but we won’t move up for good until school is out on June 12th. So for now, it’s just me and the divas in the house.…
Read MoreSummer Camp Wrap-Up (Part 2)
There is a Part 1 to this post. You should read that first and then come back! ********************************* There is a kind of “detox” that campers go through when they first get to camp, and then, when they get home, they have to go through it all over again. One of my friends refers to it as “re-entry.“ She’s…
Read MoreSummer Camp Wrap-Up
I can’t believe another camp season is drawing to a close. It feels like we just got here, like the busses rolled in yesterday! “The days are long, the weeks are short.” That’s what we say at camp, because it’s true. Every summer is a new beginning and every person (staff member or camper) starts…
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