in the summers of 95 and 96 i was blessed to work at an awesome christian summer camp, Spring Hill Camps in Evart, Michigan. I arrived during week one of camp b/c of when my college ended and getting the job late in the spring. i was assigned to the teepee girls so that i would be working with another experienced counselor. these girls were 8 years old and we had 10 of them.... oh, maybe i should mention i didn't really like the outdoors and i had never been to camp before.
so i head out to the teepees crazy nervous and thinking to myself i'm going to have this counselor that is so awesome and makes me feel so silly! well, i did have an awesome co-counselor and at times i did feel silly - the good kind of silly!!! it was apparent from the first few minutes together that i had found a great friend!!! our names were pretty much the same (just add a few letters to hers) we were both blondes and really although college students acted like our 8 year old teepee girls!!!
that summer we had way too much fun!! i think we had more fun than some of the campers! we stayed in touch through the school year and counseled together the following summer. we kept in touch for awhile and she was in my wedding. we still kept in touch and then one day she moved and i lost an address and we just lost contact.
last week i was looking for some old pictures and found my camp pictures. i decided i was going to find this girl....so i googled her!! after about 3 minutes of searching i had found her!!! knowing it might sound kinda weird i decided it was worth sounding weird and called her. without identifying who i was i asked if she had been involved in a kidnapping 12 years ago (she kidnapped my bear, she'll tell you he ran away, but i know the truth!). like we had talked just the day before she knew me by my voice and we had a brief but wonderful catch up!!!
so....i have found my long lost friend and look forward to many years of staying in touch and watching each others children grow up!! i know it is early in november but this just might be what i'm most thankful for this year!!!
so i head out to the teepees crazy nervous and thinking to myself i'm going to have this counselor that is so awesome and makes me feel so silly! well, i did have an awesome co-counselor and at times i did feel silly - the good kind of silly!!! it was apparent from the first few minutes together that i had found a great friend!!! our names were pretty much the same (just add a few letters to hers) we were both blondes and really although college students acted like our 8 year old teepee girls!!!
that summer we had way too much fun!! i think we had more fun than some of the campers! we stayed in touch through the school year and counseled together the following summer. we kept in touch for awhile and she was in my wedding. we still kept in touch and then one day she moved and i lost an address and we just lost contact.
last week i was looking for some old pictures and found my camp pictures. i decided i was going to find this girl....so i googled her!! after about 3 minutes of searching i had found her!!! knowing it might sound kinda weird i decided it was worth sounding weird and called her. without identifying who i was i asked if she had been involved in a kidnapping 12 years ago (she kidnapped my bear, she'll tell you he ran away, but i know the truth!). like we had talked just the day before she knew me by my voice and we had a brief but wonderful catch up!!!
so....i have found my long lost friend and look forward to many years of staying in touch and watching each others children grow up!! i know it is early in november but this just might be what i'm most thankful for this year!!!
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