jmk wrote:

"You know," she said, "that's the first time since the accident six
years ago that I wasn't 'different.' I've got lots of friends at
school, and all that, but there, even with my friends, I'm, you know,
the burned one. At camp... well, we were all just *us*."

This exact point was brought up by the Angel Flight West folks. They
said that one of the biggest benefits of the burn camp is that the kids
get a chance to feel normal. I'd never really thought of that, despite
the perfect sense it makes. I sure know I'll be looking for this event
on the Angel Flight calendar next year.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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