So today I finished my second summer at CBG. I have grown so much over the past two years, and it's all attributed to Camp Burnt Gin. The challenges of becoming Sports and Games director, the challenges of keeping my patience, the challenges of missing my family and friends was all worth this summer. Words can't describe what CBG has done for me over these past two summers. The memories I have, the friendships I have made, the love I have felt, I could not have found anywhere else. It's been a rough summer, but I found out where I am supposed to be as a person, and still continue to grow. To the office staff, thank you for continually putting up with me. To the parents, thank you for sending your kids to Heaven on Earth. To the campers, thank you for showing me how to love without limits. To Joseph, Carlise, Dria, Taylor, and Cotie, you are loved more than you could ever imagine. CBG has taught me the true meaning of full value and unconditional love. For now, this is goodnight and not goodbye CBG.
Until you've been to the site of Camp Burnt Gin, you don't realize how much these few acres of land can change your life. I turned 32 acres of land into a home. I loved, I cried, I laughed, I hugged, I sang. I was a friend, a judge, a confidant, a joker. I lived, and didn't sleep for hours on end. I had late nights and early mornings. Camp is more than just a job for me, it's my summer home. I could never imagine spending my summer vacation anywhere else but at CBG. Though it has been a rough summer, I have learned more about myself than I ever could have imagined otherwise. Camp is paradise for some of our kids, it is their saving grace, but for me it's Heaven on Earth.
and here's pictures to prove it.
My honor is to try, and my duty is to love,
Lauren.
