Special Moments At Camp by Darby Rose

“Wow”, I thought as I held the birthday card in my hand. God does really care about me! I have heard this growing up my whole life, and I have believed it, but today was different. It was just this morning that I doubted how much he cared for me and who my friends were here at camp!
Amazed at the whole situation that just happened I mentally walked through the events of the day. It was an emotional day, but that was nothing different! My friends at the camp dragged me out of the kitchen to do the ritual skipping around the dining hall. Everyone on their birthdays did this since the camp started 70 some odd years before. And here I was with one of my other friends skipping around the dinning hall having so much fun!
But the fun seemed to end there; I was struggling with the whole friendship thing. I wasn’t sure who my friends were and although I had been going to this camp since I was six years old, many of the campers and counselors were no longer going to this camp. I felt a bit alone and wondered how to make new friends. I was worried I was going to scare them away or something because of my social disorder. (Asperger’s Syndrome)
I had 3 main friends at this camp that I was talking with and sharing my concerns about friendships and such with. Although I wanted to consider them as friends, I was still uncertain of their motives. People at this camp can just do things because they are supposed to do it, so really were three people my friends. What about when I went ho...

Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - January 18, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: ADTP Tags: Autspoken Source Type: blogs