Camp Good Grief Reunion

Baptist Hospice sponsored a Camp Good Grief Reunion at the zoo today. This was the week long camp that Dylan attended last summer (2007). (It was the 2nd camp he went to). At that camp, Dylan had met a boy his age who had just lost his infant brother to SIDS. The two boys got along so well. AT the end of camp I had a long talk with the boy's mom and got their phone number so that the boys could keep up with each other. Unfortunately, I lost the number.

Anyway, Dylan was hoping he would run into his friend at the reunion, and he did! Michael and his mom found us right away, although there were probably 150-200 other people there. The boys picked right back up where they left off. They served hamburgers etc at the reunion but we 4 (the boys and us two mothers) could hardly eat, there was so much catching up to do. I had forgoten how conforting it is to talk to someone who has been through the same thing and can totally understand the wide range of emotions that go through my head daily, still. After the reunion, we four walked around the zoo until closing time. The boys had so much fun and they even discussed their losses a little bit (without being prompted). We exchanged numbers again and hope to get the boys together more often. It is great therapy for all of us.

We were so busy talking that I forgot I had the camera until it was time to leave. I did manage to get in a few shots though.