Dave enjoys camping alone in the forest to escape his job in real estate management and reconnect with nature. The divorce from his wife left him feeling lonely and missing time with his sons. He decides to go camping one more time alone under the stars. His oldest son Mark calls and asks to join, along with his other son. The camping trip allows Dave and his sons to bond and make new memories, bringing Dave out of his sadness and into a loving relationship with his children again.

1. Sweet Escape
Posted by admin On March 11, 2009 8:50 AM
Dave loved camping and getting away from his real estate management job. There was just something about
the cacophonous sounds of the forest that spoke to him. The owls and frogs, crickets and scurrying critters
sang to him underneath the stars, as the smoky smell of hickory wood from the camp fire made its way to his
nostrils. He remembered all of the times that he and his family had gone camping outside of town near the
lake. That was before the divorce, of course, when they were all still together and the boys were young
enough to be excited about camping the way that he still was. Rummaging through his local furniture storage
unit, he could still smell the faintest scent of hickory from camp fires long since extinguished, and he longed
to be able to experience that once more with his sons, even though they were both living with their mother,
attending high school, and thoroughly caught up in all of the drama that the life of a teenager has to offer.
Daves career in real estate management kept him fairly busy, and even though he was supposed to have every other weekend with
his boys. They, too had lives of their own, and they did not always hook up like they were supposed to. Dave understood that
girlfriends were top priority to a seventeen year old boy, and that football practice took up a great deal of time. He tried to be
easygoing about it, but in his heart, he felt alienated, alone and sad. Rather than feeling sorry for himself, though, he decided to do
something about it. Once again, if just for himself, he would take to the forest, sprawl out under a blanket of endless twinkling stars
and listen to the rhythm of the night as is washed over him, lulling him to sleep by the crackling fire.
Just a few hours before he was getting ready to leave, his oldest son, Mark, called him to say hello. When Dave told Mark of his
camping plans, Mark, reliving the same memories that had worked Dave over just hours before, was practically begging to come with
him. In the end, both of his sons joined him for camping, even though it was not even his weekend. Dave and the boys made new
memories, talked about the past, talked about girls and sports and coming together more often for a weekend under the stars. Little
did his boys know how much of an impact that one event had on his life, bringing him back into the light of loving relationship and out
of the shadow of sorrow and aloneness.
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