Molly Asbill
11/1/17 This I believe This I believe that time is precious and should not be taken for granted. If you don’t savor the good moments you will never remember them. This past summer was my older sister Annie’s last year as a camper at our summer camp, Camp Cheerio. We have been going to this camp for 8 years. This upcoming year will be my first year without her there with me. Although my sister and I are not close, and fight non-stop, this has been the one thing we share as a good memory. As I knew this was her last year, I made sure to make the most of it.Every last year camper must come together on the second to last night of our two weeks we had been there and talk about their time there. All of the campers are lined up in front of the whole camp on this quiet starry night. As it became her turn to talk, she started tearing up. She mentioned how camp has been her home for the past eight summers and that she was so glad she tried her hardest to enjoy every moment of it. The last year campers must write a letter to one of the people who have impacted their camp experience the most. I received her letter. This letter made me really see how something that we had for so long would be coming to an end. I became very sad realizing our memory would be over. I thought she would forget about all the good times we had these past summers. I felt like a big part of my life was coming to a stop. As the summer at camp came to an end, I still felt like something was over. My sister came to me the next day and we talked about all of our memories we had at camp in the previous summers. I then realized that even though she wouldn’t be with me at camp anymore, I would still have all of the memories we made. Although it felt like a big part of me was over, I knew I could look forward to new memories to be made. I believe that time is precious and meant to be savored. These summers at camp have taught me how you never know how much something can mean to you until you no longer have it. As Dr. Suess once said, “ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
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