I'm Homesick :(

There is always some points in the summer when you will get homesick. I just want to let you know that it is totally understandable! I am 18 and in college and I get homesick here at school, and at my sleep away camp. Sometimes I hear a song and think about my mom, or I see someone and miss my dad etc. When you are homesick, you are going to think that you NEED to go home and you cannot have fun at camp. But that is NOT true!! Having fun is the only way to get you out of your homesick funk.
This year, one of my campers was so homesick for the first week. She cried everyday, and when she wasn't crying, she was mopping around. She would come up to me and tell me that she wanted to go and she hates camp and this was not for her. My co counselor and I decided that for three days she had to give it her all. We told her to try at the activities and put in effort. So she decided she would try. My camper was signed up for one month and ended up staying the whole summer because she LOVED it. She actually cried because she did not want to leave.
Everybody gets homesick. (I know the boys out there are going to say they don't, but I have personally dealt with a lot of boy campers that were very homesick) It is apart of camp. BUT, it makes you so strong! You are always going to miss your family when you are not with them, but after going to camp and being homesick, you will now know how to deal with it, and not let it get you down!
The best things to do when you are homesick at camp  are to write a nice, long letter to your family telling them how much you love and miss them, and telling them that you love camp. A few tears might come out, but after they read this letter about you loving camp, they are going to know it was the right decision to send you there! They miss you just as much as you miss them, I promise!

Just remember: stay positive and have fun because that is what camp is all about!!