The first day
Dear Alex, For the first time in the ten plus years that you have been a part of my life I have absolutely no idea what you are doing right now, how you are feeling, what it looks like where you are. That is because today you got onto a bus without looking back and left for your first summer at Indian Head sleep away camp. Since 11 a.m. when the bus left, I have been wandering around in a bit of a fog. Excedrin took away my stress headache, but there is still this weird feeling in my stomach which I know will stay for the entirety of the summer. I am hoping that the feeling will ease up a bit once I know that you have made a friend and are happy. That wont be for a few days; it's just crazy to be feeling like this. For posterity, I want you to know that your sister cried the entire car ride home from the bus. She was inconsolable - that you didn't hug her goodbye, that you said you weren't going to miss her and probably that she was having intense feelings and em