Thursday, October 1, 2009

Camp out at the Boulders









Aaron and Todd went on another scout camp out to a place called the Boulders. Todd said some of the boulders were as big as cars and houses. The boys had a lot of fun climbing around the boulders. One of the scout leaders brought some chairs to chop up and use as firewood. Todd suggested they just put the chair right on the fire without chopping it up, it worked really well and the boys thought it was awesome. The night they were gone camping, I had a strange dream. In my dream, we were at a big house with a lot of other scouts and their families. The boys were going to be passing off a lot of requirements. The leaders told us that one of the requirements Aaron needed to pass off was to shoot another scout with a gun, a real gun. They assured us that he would only be shooting him in the leg and that there would be medics and people there to help the injured scout. The boy who needed to be "shot" to fulfill his requirement happened to be one of Aaron's friends, named Evan. So they paired the two up for this "shooting" event. In my dream, I was the only person who had a problem with this insane requirement. Everyone else was "good" with it. I remember how panicked I felt trying to convince someone, anyone..that this was crazy and a terrible idea. After spending considerable time trying to talk some sense into people, and failing, I finally took Aaron out into the garage where it was quiet so we could have a little chat. I explained to him that this was a terrible, terrible thing and how bad it was. I told him if he got nervous and missed Evan's leg and hit him in the chest or head, he could kill him. I asked him if he wanted to live with that grief the rest of his life. I told him that even if he only shot him in the leg, it was still going to be very painful for Evan to be shot in the leg and that he would have to watch Evan suffering, and would be responsible for that suffering. Finally, I convinced Aaron that he could not fulfill this requirement, and then I woke up from my dream. I was very disturbed about having such a violent dream. Around 9:30 a.m., Todd and Aaron came back from the camp out. Aaron came up to me in the kitchen and said very quietly, "Mom, I have to show you something, but don't tell dad about this, he will get mad." He then proceeded to pull up his shirt and showed me a small bloody area on his chest and said, "Evan shot me with his air soft gun. He didn't know there was any pellets in there." I was more than a little surprised at my psychic abilities, I had just discovered. I did not even know the boys had taken air soft guns camping. It was very weird. No...sorry, I am not accepting any calls for "psychic advice."

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