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My middle school son can’t decide which toothpaste to use each morning (mint or cinnamon?) so what makes me think that he can decide in January that he wants to go to sleep away camp in July? But that’s what he said. And because he is 12 going on 20, I took him at his word.

What was I thinking?

All during the school year he was excited, thinking about which activities he’d choose, whether or not there would be a “camp dance,” and figuring out exactly how far north Maine is from Georgia (yes, Maine — why I couldn’t choose from the 120 camps within a two-mile radius of our home I have no idea). So, July comes, we label every garment and pack the duffle bag until it can barely zip – a task that by itself could swear me off of summer camps forever – and head for the airport. We meet some of his friends and their parents, and his dad and I say goodbye at the security check-in, leaving him in the very capable hands of the permanently cheerful camp chaperone.
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