Child's Play

Had an awesome long weekend! I went camping with my 2 oldest girls. One is 24 and the other 22. We got off to a bit of a bad start, or so I had thought. Apparently I was totally wrong about that.

As we got to the campsite, it was pouring rain. We debated sitting in the car a while to see if it would let up. but soon realised it wasn't about to. It was already past 6:00 and so we decided to bite the bullet and put the tent up in the rain. We would deal with it. So we started putting up the tent and it wasn't long before all 3 of us were soaked to the skin. Being the couple of goof balls that my girls are, (kind of like their mom), it wasn't long before they were laughing their heads off. They were having so much fun and laughing so hard that evey bit of muscle control had vanished from their bodies. They were rendered "useless". They definately were no use in helping me put up the tent. They were both absorbed in having too much fun!

As the tent got wetter, my patience got thinner. I am not one to get angry, but I was getting annoyed, and told the girls that we had to get the tent up so we could get the fly on, or we would be sleeping in puddles. Like a blast from the past my oldest daughter turned to me and said, "oh mom, we're just trying to be positive and make the most of the situation. It isn't really that bad". Ouch! Where have I heard that before? She was right, and I quickly realised that. Now, when I look at all the many pictures that she took at the time, we all laugh at what a bunch of drown rats we were. One of my families often used phrases; "it's an adventure". And that it was. We got the tent up, the fly on, and beds all made up without anyone sleeping in puddles. In fact, aside from the outside of the tent, everything remained very dry. An adventure. And a good lesson relearned.

It was a great time of bonding with my girls. We are all very close, and having this time together was a true blessing. We laughed, played, talked, got silly, walked the sandy beach in reverence, and we did lots of "frolicking" along the beach as well. We collected rocks, and shells, and discovered many cool pieces of driftwood. We made memories. Good memories. We took advantage of the moment, every one of them.