Quil's Postcards: Camp Crater

How Activities Can Teach Us More About Ourselves:

WE HAVE ANOTHER BATCH OF POSTCARDS FROM QUIL! This time we have letters from Summer Space Camp. I am really passionate about summer camps. I went to one as a child and participated in the "horsemanship" program. Many of my close friends went to traditional and religious summer camps growing up as well. There is something really special about going off to camp, you are away from family and have your first taste of independence. You are meeting new friends and trying lots of new things. You get to make choices on your own, food, friends, activities and discover new things about yourself!

Summer Camp was no fun at all ;-)

        We can still have these experiences as adults. Maybe not at overnight camp but through enrichment classes and activities. I encourage anyone reading this to start a new adventure. Sign up for a dance class, a writing class, heck even intermural DODGEBALL! Make a choice that's just for you! Meet new people and discover a new creative or physical outlet. It's always time for a new experience!

      Quil has some incredible experiences at Camp Crater. Our little space friend has taken on new challenges and created lasting bonds with friends. I am so glad we get to learn all about these amazing Camp Crater adventures through Quil's Postcards. 

Fun Links:

Creative Hobbies for Adults

Find a Summer Camp in Maine

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Quil's Postcards: Lava Park Adventure

How Friends Can Make You Brave:

QUIL IS BACK! This time we get to see what an amusement park looks like in outer space. Now here is my confession: I am TOTALLY vicariously living through Quil in these stories. This is pure fun and fantasy for my inner child. I ALWAYS wanted to go to a theme park as a kid. So now I get to go to one on another planet! I also really enjoy getting to spend some time and getting to know a character across multiple stories. In this installment, Quil has a birthday party at a Lava Park.  Our space friend is at a very special age, (7 Earth years), where friendship is MAGICAL!  

     I love that time in a child’s life when they are too young to care about romance or even the concept of popularity. They just love their friends. I had a few really special friends in my childhood. I remember spending several nights in a row at each other's houses. We wanted to do everything together, like tee-ball, summer camp, and birthday parties! I miss those kinds of relationships now. Adults don’t really do the slumber party thing anymore. At least not on a regular basis. So it has been really fun as a writer to revisit those kinds of childhood friendships in the Quil stories.

     Quil has some really special friends named Bula and Nova. They are inspired by two of my friends from childhood who were: A.) Really daring, B.) Really good at sports and C.) really supportive and patient with me even though I was neither A or B, but instead, was D.) a TOTAL WHIMP!!! Bula and Nova have that same kind of friendship with Quil.  I especially like that they motivate Quil to try new things, like going down a LAVA SLIDE!!! I can't wait to see what adventure little space buddies will have next!!! Friends are outta this world!

Thank YOU for being a friend!

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Fun Links:

Some Advice about Friendship

Another Cool Space Podcast