2 kids at Camp

It’s our first time sending these 2 particular kids to camp, Jesse is Autistic and Gabe has emotional delays and well, I worry. I am a pretty protective momma and its hard to let your kids experience things and take risks that they might not be understood or appreciated for their quirkieness.

The good part of this camp is that I work there but that bad part is that I work there. lol I watched Gabe play in the field outside my window today and at one point he plopped down with his head on his knees. OH NOOO I know that body signal. It took about 5 minutes for his counselor to notice, they were all playing a game of relay tag and you are talking about 50 kids on the field running back and forth. The counselor plopped beside him and talked to him and pretty soon Gabe got up with him and took a walk. I pray he is able to reach my son over the next few days. Jesse looked a little lost, he is a loner due to his Autism. Before he walked into his cabin he said to me “Mom…I have a good feeling that I might make a friend here!” Jesse has no idea how my heart prays that he truly does make a connection with a friend. It was like the first day of Kindergarten all over again and I was a bit teary as I walked away with my husband and youngest. Ron put his arm around me and said “They will be fine honey!” Easy for him to say. lol

So it was an emotional day for me. I didn’t let myself go though…I stayed on plan and I am feeling good about that. I had no control really what happened at camp but I had total control over how I was going to react and worry. I came in just under my taget of 29 pts and plan to get my last 20 oz of H20 before bed for a total of 60. I got in all my servings of veggies n fruits, oils and dairy. I’m GOOD!

The scale moved down a lil bit this morning so I am moving in the right direction. Just need to take it one day at a time.