Pick Me Up! Special

WORTH THE WAIT

Walking into the staff meeting on my first day, somehow, I was 10 minutes late.

But I wasn’t flustered. I was more excited as my eyes darted around the room.

After all, I was looking for the handsome face I’d spotted on my mate’s Facebook page.

Please be here, I thought, my heart racing.

It was July 2017, and aged 16, I was spending the summer working at a Christian camp.

I’d been going there since I was little.

But this year was my first time overseeing the younger kids.

An old camp pal had let slip that her brother Wayne, then 17, was a counsellor this year, too.

I’d never met him,

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