Thursday morning the news was out. Your friends had saved a seat for me next to you at breakfast. At lunch, my friends watched in jealous self-loathing as I walked past them, carrying my square pizza and tiny salad, and sat with the ladies. During chapel, I saw you doodling our names with little hearts in your journal. As evening drew near and the sun was setting, I slyly came up with some lame reason why we needed to walk around together. One by one, the stars began to shine out into the darkness of night, and the soft glow of the moon reflected the smoothness of your face. Calculating my moment, I knew it was now of never. Looking around to make sure there were no chaperones in sight, I reached out, and grabbed your hand in mine. Fireworks exploded in the distance as a choir of angels sang out in unison… at least that is what I remember happening.
Now it is Friday, and our youth minister is packing up the church bus. You and I sit on that same picnic table where we shared so many experiences on Wednesday, reminiscing over all the good times we had in the last 36 hours. I promise I will write you. We will stay in touch, you will see. And perhaps, when I get a driver’s license I can borrow my dad’s car and come see you on spring break. I will never forget you, church camp girlfriend. Thanks for the memories…
Here’s to you, church camp romance!
P.S. If you have no clue what this post is about, check out the first one!
My marriage is a product of one of those church camp romances, but we were counselors not students, so I'm not sure if it really counts. If it helps, neither of us expected it to last much beyond that first week!
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Jody… ditto.
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Ahh, I had no idea that is how you two got together Jody! Corey, I knew you guys met at camp.Well, this proves church camp romance is a successful dating strategy. Perhaps we could get love guru Joshua Harris to write a book about the ins and outs of church camp romance. It could be called, "I kissed my church camp girlfriend goodbye… until next year" or "Boy meets girl… at church camp."
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