Classic End Of Summer Essay

July 4th 2024

This is the classic end of summer, whatever you want to call it, essay…. “What I did this summer!”

I ran a campground… but I didn’t do it alone! Bud & I did this most amazing thing together.

I was “Miss Michelle” to about 100 or so different kids every weekend. That was fun!

I gave away, for free, close to 1000 popsicles!

I met Gary, came to terms with Gary, accepted Gary and then enjoyed hiding him every Friday. night (If you don’t know who Gary is, just wait, there’s a children’s book in there somewhere!)

I worked 15 - 17 hours a day, 7 days a week during June, July and August. I have never been so physically exhausted in my whole life. Yet I got up every morning and couldn’t wait to do it all again!

I ached all over, I gained weight, I never ate dinner before 9:00pm and one night Bud and I were eating cold pizza at 12:45 AM!! But I never felt so alive in my life.

I met hundreds of the most amazing people, each one of them adding something to my life. I met some in passing but others left their mark.

I watched God, The Universe or whatever your word is, lead people to this hill, to this campground, to this incredibly special place to find acceptance, peace, healing or that one quality that no one seemed to be able to put a word to. If I heard it once I heard it a dozen times. “There is just something special about this place. You can feel it the minute you get here.”

I was never lonely. Never. Ever. Lonely. And that was the most amazing transformation in my life.

It was most certainly a summer to remember!!

Now that Labor Day has come and gone, things are slowing down. I’m eating normal meals and sleeping normal hours. And I’m writing!

I’ve already started writing the next bits and pieces for another book. Not sure where it will go, or if it will go anywhere, but I felt the need to get those things out of my head.

Next week I plan to start the edits on the second book.

And this week I will resume writing my weekly blog!!! Looking forward to sharing with you some really amazing experiences Bud & I had and there’s more travel in my future. You won’t believe where I’m going!

It feels good to be back!