Will returned home about a week ago from 4 weeks at camp. This camp (Camp Don Lee) which is about an hour and a half away on the neuse river is a Methodist Church Camp. He has been attending 9 years. My sister and I also attended this camp when we were kids and our both graduates of the LIT program. What is LIT you ask? Well it stands for Leaders In Training, and it is a month long intensive camp. He is certified in sailing, first aid, CPR, and Lifesaving. The lifesaving alone was 64 hours in the pool. I can't tell you how very proud I am of him. It is a very hard program with a full curriculum. Way more than he may have bargained for. Part of the program included a "Day Apart." We wrote letters to our child asked friends and family to do the same and gave them to the counselor when we dropped them off. The letters offered words of encouragement and talks of leardership and making the right choices. We were told that it is usually a very emotional time for them and that a lot of them cry. Will told me he cried when he read mine, not sure if he did or if he just told me that hmmmm. The day we picked him up the director led us in a communion with our children out on the pier. It was very powerful. There is such a special place in my heart for camp don lee. I am so glad that I have Will to share that with. It is something that is hard to explain to anyone that hasn't been there. I have uploaded all the pictures that his counselor took to winkflash. I am going to make him a big collage wall of pictures with his "diploma plaque"on the wall as well. I am still washing the clothes! How is it possible that he wore so much stuff?? I am glad he is home, I missed him. Turned 16 while he was there. How can it be possible that I have a 16 year old?? Strange. Ok all for today. Peace.
