My Daughter Went Away to Scout Camp for a Week, and I Was S0 Happy When She Sent Me a Photo – But After I Looked at It M0re Closely, I Frantically Called the Camp*

Phones were discouraged during activities

I told myself that was good. She was busy.

Then, on the third day, my phone buzzed while I was eating lunch at my desk.

It was a photo from Ava.

She was standing near a group of picnic tables, smiling at the camera. There were girls from her troop behind her.

It looked completely ordinary at a glance.

It was a photo from Ava.

Underneath, Ava had written:

We just finished training and we’re heading to lunch. See? Everything’s fine. It’s so much fun here! Love you and miss you!

I smiled.