Wondering how Alex is doing…

Today is Alex’s first day off at an overnight camp with his regular day camp crew. He is going to Camp Butwin this summer (as he has the past two summers), and this year the 5th/6th grade group goes off on 3-4 day expeditions every other week. He is at Camp Wyalusing in Wisconsin right now, and as I listen to the powerful thunderstorm raging outside of my window, I am hoping and praying that he is safe and relaxed. Now is about the time I imagine he is getting ready to go to sleep, and so I am missing his “Mom, I’m worried” (which is a nightly routine), and the eventual peaceful sound of his sleeping breathing… ach… parenting is difficult, particularly the “letting go so they can grow” part…