Love doesn't happen haphazardly. It is a conscious decision.

Be patient with teenagers.

A hand on someones shoulder can calm someone down faster than a thousand comforting words.

If you wake up with gnats all over you... You better bring a rain jacket.

Don't snap at children when they make racist/ sexist/ other discriminatory comments... But do ask a million questions to help them understand what they are saying.

Shower. Read. Write. Sleep.

Tonight I told my boys I'd be peeing in a bucket and that it would go in my tent with me while I slept... (just as i did when i was in a girls group) And after a moment of awkward silence where everyone was busy mentally dissecting the fact that my pissing ritual is different from theirs, my quietest most supportive camper said " uh uh chief it ain't gonna go down like that".

I'm still in my tent laughing. I dunno... Guess you had to be there? But gah I love my little chivalrous juvies!!!