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Realizing Bubble Inn housed some of the youngest children, the directors of Camp Mystic – Eastland and his wife, Tweety – had a plan to help any girls who were particularly homesick.
“We were really taught to focus on all of the kids and keep an eye out for the ones that were seeming to have a hard time or were a little quieter,” Lindley said.
“There was a rest hour every day, and the girls were writing letters back and forth. And if a mom or dad was getting a bunch of letters where a camper was talking about being homesick, they were instructed to call and let Tweety know. And Tweety would let (counselors) know,” Lindley said.
“We were just trained to make sure to watch out for the littlest souls.”
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There were also practical reasons for why the youngest girls were down closest to the water, Lindley said.
In the blazing Texas heat, “an older camper is better equipped to go up and down the hill constantly all day, in between classes,” she said. “Little girls, most of the activities are going to be down in the main valley” near The Flats.
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It’s not clear what will happen to Camp Mystic or if any of the cabins will be refurbished or rebuilt elsewhere. But the destruction can’t break the family traditions, friendships and life lessons cultivated at the camp, Lindley said.
“The memories transport you in a way that transcends nostalgia,” she said. “And the relationships that you forge in this special place are just so incredibly unique that it’s like a knot that can’t be untied.”
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“We were really taught to focus on all of the kids and keep an eye out for the ones that were seeming to have a hard time or were a little quieter,” Lindley said.
“There was a rest hour every day, and the girls were writing letters back and forth. And if a mom or dad was getting a bunch of letters where a camper was talking about being homesick, they were instructed to call and let Tweety know. And Tweety would let (counselors) know,” Lindley said.
“We were just trained to make sure to watch out for the littlest souls.”
(..)
There were also practical reasons for why the youngest girls were down closest to the water, Lindley said.
In the blazing Texas heat, “an older camper is better equipped to go up and down the hill constantly all day, in between classes,” she said. “Little girls, most of the activities are going to be down in the main valley” near The Flats.
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It’s not clear what will happen to Camp Mystic or if any of the cabins will be refurbished or rebuilt elsewhere. But the destruction can’t break the family traditions, friendships and life lessons cultivated at the camp, Lindley said.
“The memories transport you in a way that transcends nostalgia,” she said. “And the relationships that you forge in this special place are just so incredibly unique that it’s like a knot that can’t be untied.”
Camp Mystic’s ‘littlest souls’ were nurtured in Bubble Inn. All the cabin’s girls and 2 counselors were lost in the Texas flood
CNN By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — What looked like a simple, one-story beige cabin near the banks of the Guadalupe River held the stories of generations of young girls marking a rite of passage. It’s where shy, homesick 8-year-olds entered as strangers and emerged as confident young ladies equipped...
