Dear Snarky,
My daughter has been excited about going to summer sleep away church camp since we signed her up for it in January. I recently found out that she won’t be bunking with her three best friends.
A mom, who signed up late, bribed the church secretary to change the cabin assignments. The secretary sells some nutritional juice line and I was told that this mom bought a ton of it to get her daughter into the “good cabin” which meant my daughter got kicked out.
I’m so angry! I can’t believe this has happened to my child. Right now I don’t even want her to go camp. Also, what can I do about this horrible church secretary?
Signed, Summer is Already Ruined
Dear Summer,
The first thing you need to do is put a mom spin on the cabin re-assignment. Tell your daughter there’s been a snafu and while she won’t be rooming with her best friends she will get a chance to make some new friends in another cabin which is a big part of summer camp –broadening your horizons.
Also, remind her that she will be very busy at camp and will still get to do everything with her best friends except share sleeping quarters. Make it seem like this could be the best of both worlds. Sell it sister!
As for the scheming mom and the greedy church secretary I would go straight to your minister about this wanton display of broken commandments. The secretary needs to be fired – pronto. She abused her position of trust and I bet the entire Sunday offering plate that this wasn’t her first rodeo. I’m sure she has a long history of being super shady.
And to the mom who bribed the secretary she’ll eventually get what’s coming to her – like maybe choke on all that nutritional juice she bought. What YOU don’t want to do is give her the power to ruin your daughter’s summer camp experience. You need to rise above this and encourage your child to have a wonderful time.
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😁 While we’re on the topic of wonderful let’s talk about my newest book – KILLER DANCE MOM. It’s just come out and you need to get yourself a copy if you want a great summer read.
The drama takes place at a dance competition which are already crazy enough without finding a murdered judge backstage. Now add into the mix a dance mom who’s decided to start snooping around to find the killer and you have a whodunnit chock-full of suspects. From the self-obsessed Instagram/Influencer mom to a former ballerina who’s morphed into a bully there’s a long list of parents who might do almost anything to get their child ahead – even murder.
Snarky in the Suburbs 