As a very young diabetic new to the changes in carb management and blood sugar management, my parents decided to bring me and my sister to Camp Possibilities in 2005. Thank the lord they did because I have met my second family here at Camp Possibilities. The bonds that have been made during camp will last a lifetime and it is always my favorite week of the year.
After about 11 years as a camper, I became a part of the Rec staff, I was extremely excited to see the volunteer side of Camp but most importantly to make camp the best week of the year for campers just like it was for me as a kid!
Memory: My favorite memory from camp is when we play “Sweet Caroline” at the Thursday night Camp Dance. It’s a tradition at Camp that we play it as the very last song of the night. As the song starts, everyone holds hands and forms a huge circle as we sing each verse of the song. But once that infamous chorus starts, everyone rushes into the center of the circle and jumps and dances as we sing together. I think everyone within a mile of camp can hear us all sing “BAH, BAH, BAHHHH!” It’s an awesome bittersweet moment that’s fun to do with our Camp family each year and to share with new members of the Camp Possibilities community.
Connor Murphy (he/him)
Head of Recreational Staff
First Year at Camp: 2005 (Started as a camper)
Bit About Me: I was 4 years old when diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, but luckily had a unique story to go with it. My older sister Caitlin is Type 1 diabetic as well, so my parents and she were still getting used to life with a diabetic child. Being a naive little kid seeing all the “attention” my sister was getting I would always ask “where’s my shot?” While she was getting insulin…. Boy, let’s just say I got what I asked for. I started showing signs of high blood sugar in July of 2004 like going to the bathroom very often and being very dehydrated. Noticing the similarities between what I was going through and what they have seen my sister go through, my parents decided to test my blood sugar with my sister’s meter. With a blood sugar of about 300, my parents called my sisters endocrinologist at the time and gave him a rundown of my symptoms and blood sugar, where he then told my parents it seems as though I was also Type 1 diabetic.