Summer
Write An Old-Fashioned Letter To My Kid At Camp
Last year, Tech went to overnight camp for a month. When he got home, he ate and slept. And then he complained…
Best Books for Tween and Teenaged Boys: Summer Reading List
My blogging friend Gigi Ross of Kludgy Mom just posted a list of books for boys ages 6-12 to read over the…
Snacks For Summer Camp: A #Giveaway via @GoGoSqueez
When I went to overnight camp, we weren’t supposed to bring any food from home. Instead, we got to visit “canteen” once…
Mo-Mo-Mo. Hawk-Hawk-Hawk.
A lot of boys in my son’s summer camp were getting mohawk haircuts. He wanted one, too….
If You Really Need To Get There
If you loved sleep-away camp as a kid, I’d love to hear about your memories….
Will You Write My Son While He Is At Overnight Camp?
Writing funny letters is important when your kid is at overnight camp….
Lessons From Summer Shoes
This is a piece I wrote in response to a writing prompt from the Red Dress Society. Participants were asked to write about shoes and connected them — in some way — to summer. This post is what was born….
Put Sleep-Away Camp on the Must Try List
It happens each summer. People ask about our plans, and when certain folks learn that our child spends three solid weeks each summer at overnight camp, I am met with looks of incredulity and sometimes horror….
Lessons From Eight Junes
June is definitely a time for endings and beginnings. Proms. Graduations. Weddings. New jobs. It got me thinking about all the Junes in my life. My parents started their married life together on June 23, 1963. My son will become a bar-mitzvah next June. One of my grandmothers died in June. And one of my friends, too. I tried to think about some significant Junes in my life, and this is what was born….
In Which Season Do You Shine?
Yesterday, before he fell asleep, he pulled me down toward his face. “Mom,” he whispered. ” I love you, but I will miss summer.”
I understand completely.
He’s a summer person….