Yay, its my first post!

Me and Ty in our official camp photo

So I'm bored and thought "hmm, what the heck, I'll make myself one of these." after needing to register to leave a comment for Christi Thomas (http://christithomas.blogspot.com). She's nine and has neuroblastoma. I met a close family friend of her's at Camp Quality this past week...you should all go and give her some encouragement.

Anywho...so yeah, I was at camp last week.
GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE!!!
If I haven't already cornered you and made you look at my pics and hear me ramble about what a great time I had, it works like this: Camp Quality Ohio is a camp for kids with cancer and their siblings. The kids can be in active treatment or have been in remission for years. Each camper is assigned a companion (thats what I was) that's like an insta-best friend for the week. Well, due to the lack of male staff that I'm sure every camp in the world experiences, the littlest boys get female companions, so I had a little boy. His name is Tyler and he's four....and also, quite possibly the most adorable kid I've ever seen!!! And thats not just b/c I generally think all children are adorable; everything about him was so sweet and cute! He's so full of energy that if it weren't for his scars and peach fuzz hair, you'd never know he's sick (brain tumor)...although the same applies to every other kid I met there. It takes all of five minutes to forget that they have/have had cancer and just see them as normal kids, so I've sorta stopped referring to it as "cancer camp" b/c its really not. Its normal camp...the activities are the same, if not better, as any "regular" camp...for kids who just happen to have been affected by cancer, plus nobody cared/asked why Jack and Shelley only had one leg or why -insert 75% of the kids here- has that big scar on their belly or heads, which definitely would happen at "regular camp."

Since nothing else exciting happens...save the obligatory ridiculous work story...look for more fun camp stories to come. I think I should be able to fill at least a week up with posts about that before people lose interest.