Personal Narrative: The Stargazer

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The Stargazers were the only thing that kept me sane during the four weeks at camp this past summer. Illahee means heavenly world in Cherokee language. And for me, it has been my haven for the past nine years. But this summer was different. I was living in a rather small cabin with eight, ten-year-old girls and my best friend was not there to keep me from going crazy. It was in my hands to ensure they created lifelong memories that summer. I struggled a lot during these four weeks, maybe from exhaustion or from all of the arguments I had to resolve within the cabin. But one night, after my campers were asleep, I was sitting in my bed when another counselor, Ana, came up to the screen and demanded that I follow. She and another fellow counselor