A Different Type of Family

Horse Camp

In the Anchor Beach parking, Lena and Armando talked with their respective daughters and gave them a few rules to follow and other advice. Lena smiled at her daughter as the tears flowed. Callie wiped them away. "I will be okay mama."

"I know, but I will miss you and both of my favorite girls will be gone," Lena added as more tears flowed. Callie smiled and cupped her mama's chin. "I will be back before you know it. Plus you have all the home movies."

Lena nodded as she held her daughter tight and Callie rested her head on her mama's shoulder as Lena scratched her back and kissed her hair. The buses were boarding and Callie could not move. "Mama?"

"Oh yes I heard the buses," Lena added. "Are you sure you want to go? You can always visit Cooper Ranch?"

"MAMA," Callie exclaimed with a giggle. "This will help me and they even have therapy sessions."

"I know," Lena added. "Jamie did recommend it."

"That she did and we both agreed. You could always come?"

"I wish I could," Lena added. When they all eyed Timothy's panicked face.

"What's wrong?" Lena asked.

"Nancy Fields is sick and can't chaperone now. We are a chaperone short."

"I'll go," Lena added. Callie was excited and happy. "Can you give me fifteen minutes?"

"Sure," Timothy added. Fifteen minutes later, Lena returned with a packed suitcase and Ty who drove her in his car. He put her suitcase in the bus compartment and hugged his mama. All her boys' were there and Sharon agreed to watch the house and them. Her and Callie's doors were locked, so Sharon would be using the guestroom that was redone.

"Have fun you two," Sharon added. Lena climbed on the bus and took a seat in the front and winked at her daughter and Lexi. They winked back. Callie went to see her mama.

"Now you won't be worried about me mama," Callie added in her ear.

"I will always worry about you love bug," Lena whispered back. "I love you."

"I love you too mama," Callie added. "Can I sit here?"

"Of course. What about Lexi?"

"She will be fine," Callie added.

"How is she doing with who the hit and run driver was?" Lena asked.

"Hard. She doesn't want to blame them. But when she sees Jesus and Jude, especially Jude. She sees what she's lost. I can't blame her mama."

"Neither can I," Lena replied. "I miss them too. Get some rest baby."

A few hours later, Lena nudged her sleeping girl awake and they were now in Napa Valley. Callie and the other kids woke up and they all stretched and looked out through the windows and smiled. "WOW," Callie replied in awe at the beauty of the camp.

Camp Evergreen was the best and it was huge. All the kids got off the bus and gathered their things and went to the main deck of the camp and got an hour long lecture of camp rules to follow  and things like that.

Lena was in charge of the cabin that the Anchor Beach girl's were at. The fifty girls of different ages were in one cabin that was cut in the middle with space for 25 on each side. Callie and Lexi had the same side. Lena had a separate room.

A few hours later was lunch and all the girls' had to walk single file and Callie smirked and walked into the cafeteria. The lunch was grilled cheese sandwiches with bacon, tomato soup and salad. "Looks good," Amanda Rogers added. "I could eat almost anything."