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Our older son, Eric, left for camp on Saturday. He is 11 and this is the first time he has been away at an actual camp. Sure it's only for a week and I do know that we have been apart for longer periods of time in the past. But this is not the same. This is way, way different. He isn't at a friends house or it's not us who are the ones that are gone (as it is when his father and I go on a lil' vacation trip). He is the one who is away from home. He is the one who is at a place where we can't call him whenever we want and we cant go and visit whenever we want. He is the one who is on an island that is only reachable by a ferry that stops running at 8pm. I admit, it was me who's idea this was and I am the one who signed him up. He was sorta reluctant to go at first. I understood that. I mean, he wouldn't know anyone at first. Him going showed that he was starting to grow up and be more independent (something...

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