About a week ago, I posted a blog about my worries as a mom. It was about my 6th grade son who just left to Camp KEEP along the Central Coast. He's my oldest boy. My second oldest son tried to appear relieved that his brother would be outta the home for a whole week but he looked sad on the day Diego left. He still tried to play it cool.
"I am not going to see you until Friday," Diego told me, appearing amazed at the thought. He knew he would miss us.
"He's going to leave me with more work," said his younger brother, shaking his head.
"More work," I asked.
"Yeah, household chores," he responded.
"Ohhh," I thought.
When I went to see him off, he soon forgot about mom and ran up to his friends, each sharing stories of what they brought in their travel bags. I gave him a hug and said good-bye, but felt secure in knowing this was going to be an amazing time for him. Plus, his teacher, Mrs. H, was with them. A mother of a son, too, Mrs. H would keep the boys in a line but make sure they'd have a blast along the way.
I'll update you guys on how things go.
In the meantime, here are some great comments my Facebook friends shared with me:
From Denise Ornelas:
Girl, Gabriel had so much fun! When he came back, he said some of the kids were crying on the bus. I asked him, "Why were they sad? Because they missed their familias?" He said, "No, they were crying because THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME HOME!!! LOL"
Diego will be fine, I promise. You will be the one who has a hard time and tell Julio (my husband, the former Marine) I don't want to see him with his cammies on and weeds in his hair trying to spy on Diego.
From Sofia Ronquillo:
I wanted to go with Lauren, but she didn't want me to go. I guess I wasn't a cool mom. I cried when she left. I got to see her that same night though because her tooth started hurting, and I had to drive all the way up there to take her antibiotics. Anyways, she loved it. I think its a great experience for them.
From Josey Hernandez:
That was seriously one of the best trips of my life. He is gonna love it!
From Christa McAuley:
It's a wonderful experience. Both my boy's went and my daughter just went in December.She had a great time.
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I went to the coast too. I even remember some of the songs. Is that weird? I've always wanted to go back to that area and do some of the hikes through the area. It was so pretty and I learned so much! I'm glad programs like Camp KEEP haven't had to be cut yet.
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