The Jenna & Associates host shared that her mother, former First Girl Laura Bush, was a drama counselor at Camp Mystic, the place no less than 27 women and counselors died, as of July 7, following the devastating flooding on the Guadalupe River.
“My mother was a counselor there, but additionally so lots of my buddies had been raised at this camp,” Jenna mentioned on Today, July 7. “Texas camps are establishments, as you simply heard, the place many members of the family—generations—this camp was 100 years outdated. Grandmothers, moms, children have all gone there.”
Jenna, who shared that lots of her buddies and their children had been there final week, praised the neighborhood for coming collectively amid the tragedy.
“The tales that I heard during the last couple days had been stunning and heartbreaking,” she mentioned. “Texas has a sort of resilience the place they’re beneficiant folks, the place folks wish to attain out and assist.”
“Texas camps are actually particular since you’re excited about 90-degree climate, no air con,” the 43-year-old—who attended the close by Camp Longhorn throughout her childhood—defined. “My children are at camp in Texas, and my husband mentioned, ‘Why are we sending our children to Texas, to camp? It is scorching!’ And it is due to the love that is there.”