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Did you ever go to Jewish overnight camp?  I did once and so did my former roommate and very funny friend Joyce from Catch My Words.  Today, we are very lucky.  Joyce is our guest blogger here at Kibitz Spot, with a fun story from Jewish Camp.

Story From A Jewish Camp

I Still Have It: A Scrap of Toilet Paper

Do you have any worthless possessions? These are the items that have no value but mean something to you. As the title suggests, I have tucked away a plain scrap of toilet paper in one of my books. I’m sure you’re asking what any logical person would ask: Why haven’t you flushed it? Anyone who went to sleep-away camp as a kid, would understand this oddity.

Back in the days of no gray hair and a skinny life-filled body, I spent my summers at a camp in Zionsville, Indiana. Today they call it Gucci but in my days, it was UCI. This is a Jewish camp with month long sessions filled with fun and sports. We lived in packed cabins with a group of girls that we grew extremely close too. We also got to know the boys quite well when we’d flirt with them during our day activities.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. For me, that was camp. The last night of camp, everyone stayed up all night crying and hugging because we didn’t want to go back to our awful and abusive homes. Not really, but one would think that the way we boo hooed. Anyway, that last night of camp, I wailed with everyone else while carrying around my diminishing roll of toilet paper.

One of my friends grabbed my toilet paper and scribbled a message on it: Cheer up. We all love you. Simple, plain, to the point; and yes, I still have it.

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Joyce Lansky is the author of several children’s books.  Follow Joyce at Catch My Words.

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