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My mom was like, "You're going to camp."
I was like, "Camp?"
I said, "I'm too big for camp, I'm 14."
She was like, "But, see, your father really wants you to go,
and it's a camp for you to go see your father."
And I was still skeptical, I was like,
"Where do we camp at, in a prison?"
"Because I don't want to camp in no prison."
(splashing, laughter)
Yeeeee-hawww!
(Tyron) She was like, "No, you camp outside the prison,
"and then you go there during the days to go see him."
(Tyron) When he was first imprisoned there was a glass,
and you had to talk to him through a phone.
And I hated that.
Oh my goodness.
Like--
mm-mm.
Talking through a phone
and being with someone-- having that conversation--
it's totally two different things.
You can't hug nobody through a phone.
(talking quietly, patting)
(kids chattering)
(Tyron) I wanted to be a counselor because I wanted to give back,
because I know it's difficult to not be able to see your father.
So I feel as though, if I can help them through this process,
like all the other counselors from when I was a camper helped me,
I feel as though it would be a good deed.
So that's why I chose to be a counselor.
When he gets out, I'm going to be very old. (laughs)
I'm going to be--
like 30.
So that's a long time.
But when he gets out of prison, I just want him to say he's proud of me,
that I didn't follow down the same road he did,
and I learned from his mistakes,
and that he's proud of me.
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