RJ Blog

A few weeks ago I was sitting in the Dining Hall at the staff table singing and clapping my hands as we all sang during the Song Session that typically follows each lunch and dinner. I looked around and realized with a start that I was oldest person in the room.

I often find myself saying, “I never went to summer camp” – but that’s not exactly true. I did go to camp. I went to Camp Y-Noah, a YMCA day camp where I excelled at archery, in particular. I went to Camp Ledgewood, where I joined other Girl Scouts horseback riding, sleeping in tents, and calling our counselors things like Bubbles and Ginger in place of their real names. And I went to Kent State for Kids, a college-style day camp that allowed me to pick “classes” on topics that interested me, like acting, more archery, and learning Korean (yes, [...]