That Summer Feeling

by Bridget Morrissey

I don’t use my PTO for just anything,”

Speak for yourself

I, however, wore my struggles like Girl Scout badges.

Then again, I wished I would care less about most things, and that only ever seemed to make me care more.

Jet Skis could fix things.

Jetski at sleepaway adult camp would fix me too

I knew Dara had come to this camp to let go of her bitterness,

Ok im going to camp for real

I felt the burn of that loss in me. All that I’d never gotten to be when I was younger. I couldn’t go back. But I could continue to honor that younger version of myself going forward.

honor your younger self!!!

No matter how old I got, I could always find new ways to be young again.

amen

“You’re everything to me,”

Ok it has been four days

“No,” I yelled, so loud I startled Marge. “I have to do this.” I put my hand on Julianne’s arm and moved her over, taking the symbolic place beside our captain.

I do not have the skillset to take this seriously