The boy smiled and quickly shook my hand and answered, “My name’s Nick. It’s nice to see a friendly face here.” I could tell this was his first year ever being at summer camp.
“It’s nice to meet you, Nick. Let me introduce you to the rest of the group.” I said as I motioned for him to follow me, and I led Nick over to our side of the camp. The look on Mark’s face was priceless; he was so pissed off I thought he was going to explode. I’m not sure, but I believe something inside of me changed that year. I honestly didn’t give a s**t anymore. I was ready to take on the world if I had to. We walked up to Chubs and Tommy, and as promised, I introduced him. “Tommy, Chubs, this is Nick. He’s agreed to join our group and help us with the tent.”
Tommy was the type to make friends with anyone; may
