Anticipation building upon new clothes, new bedding, new addresses and soon new friends. Heartache fed by empty rooms, empty pockets and empty nest. This transitional time of year that reeks of adventure and fear, Hope and...

There is something mystifying about arriving at summer camp alone and leaving a few  days later with a whole new set of lifelong friends. The apprehension of walking into a cabin of strangers is replaced within hours by the...