Sunday, June 28, 2009
little bird briefly leaving the nest
Our older son, J2, is leaving tomorrow morning for a half week camp in Michigan. This will be his first time away from home, without us and without grandparents. This will be a big challenge for him. Or so I think. I never went to camp of any kind so my vision of what can/might happen at camp is derived entirely from movies. Combined with J2's various social and personal issues, I am left with feelings of total dread and worry. My response to this has been to avoid thinking about it in any detail and hope for the best. Being generally pessimistic, chances are that things will go better than I might fear.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
3 comments:
Children can often surprise us. Usually camps keep the kids superactive, both to keep their minds off homesickness and to wear them out. He might be too tired at the end of the day to ponder missing home much.
I hope he has a great time and that you and your wife don't worry too much.
How did it go for your son at camp?
By all accounts it went fine. He seems to have really enjoyed himself. It definitely took him a day or so to "return to earth" and adjust to being back in his "real" life. Which is something I definitely understand. I very quickly and deeply get entrenched in vacation being my only life and forgetting what "real" life is like and the transition back is often rough.
Post a Comment