KERR COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Home looks a little different for Courtney Garrison now.
She and her daughter spent the early morning hours of July 4 on the roof of their home in Hunt as floodwaters crashed into their shingles. They were feet away from danger for hours.
Those floods killed at least 135 people across the state, including 117 in Kerr County alone.
Now, Garrison lives in Kerrville, in an RV donated to her by a relief organization.
“When I first spoke to you, it was still survival, shock, now what?” she said. “Now it’s starting to feel more normal. Friends are starting to hang out. We’re starting to do normal life things again.”
“Losing everything obviously is really hard,” she said. “But with all the help it’s been really easy for me specifically to kind of rebuild and feel good about it.”
She plans to live in the RV for about a year and then buy a house.
Throughout this process, she has remained grateful and positive. When things get hard, she remembers how close they were from being much worse.
“I didn’t lose my life or my daughter’s life. That’s what I have to keep going back to,” she said. “I mean, I’m just so thankful that we made it.”
