The Gawrych Clan, Minus One

So, tonight is Abby's second night at camp. We dropped her off yesterday with absolutely no problem. When we pulled into camp, staff counselors were everywhere jumping up and down, very excited to welcome everyone to camp. When the bugle blew, we headed to her cabin number 5, where we met her counselor Lauren. Lauren was so nice and welcoming. We got Abby all decked out in her bed, put all her stuff away, and she was busy working on her bunk poster. We almost had to drag her away just to come say goodbye to us! It truly made it easy to drop her off, and for her to stay.

But I do miss her. Today was rough, not just because she wasn't here, but because I'm still under the weather, Dave now has strep, Ava is clingy and the boys were just driving me crazy. But we survived. I just really, really, really hope that they don't call me that Abby is sick. PLEASE just let her stay healthy this week. She deserves this week. I miss her most because she's so helpful--keeping Ava busy, playing with Max starting activities for the boys--but that's exactly why she deserves this week. So she can just be herself, having fun doing whatever she wants to do, just Abby and not Abby the big sister and oldest, helpful daughter.