happy place

Do you have a happy place? A spot on this earth where you feel most at peace, or joyful, or zen, or brimming with glee? Where you feel most like you? At the moment, I have a few: In my kiddos' arms, With my head on Kenny's shoulder, St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and, Haverford College. For years, I would visit Haverford ...

Summer

Hello, and welcome to summer! We just celebrated memorial day, which I hope, for you, was wonderful, with barbeques, beaches and bonfires. For me, it was the band, burgers and a baby pool, but lovely nonetheless. But, now that Memorial Day Weekend has come and gone is time to really kick it into camp-planning-mode. Earlier this month, I wrote all ...

Summer Camp, for me.

(Featured Image from JKCP Xploration Showcase, Summer 2014) "JKCP Summer, it's a place for glee..." 19 years ago, I crafted those words, as I was responsible for writing our camp's theme song. After an unsuccessful one month and four days at overnight camp, I was a bit lost, until I found my personal mecca in the form of ...