Sissy Spacek

by Ashley

She was born Dec. 25, 1949 in Qui man, Texas.  She is 50 years old. she played in :Coal Miners Daughter, the River, Chimes of the Heart, and  many more movies. Her full name was Mary Elizabeth Space. She looks like Loretta   Lynn. She is a  actor and a former singer. She worked around Charlottesville. She loved horses  and climbed trees. I’d like to tell you about a very special place near my home here in Virginia. Camp Holiday Trails is a summer camp for children with health  impairments- kids who most of us might think are sick too often to risk leaving their homes and their doctors but really these are the children who need a summer camp most.
 Camp Holiday trails isn't a big place or a fancy place but it is a place with a lot of big hearts.  Some of them belong to the kids who so badly want to be real summer campers and the others belong to the people who work so hard to help them succeed.  When I was a kid, I climbed trees, rode horses, swan and played in the woods.  Now I realize how important that was.  Being able to interact with nature like that enabled me to figure out where I belong in the world and it helped me realize that each one of us that have a special place.

 Learning to appreciate our talents and make peace with our limitations begins with very simple acts of independence like riding a horse, paddling a canoe, building a fire.  So as you read about the camp during the next few minutes, try to imagine how much this experience means to these children.

 I thank everyone whose efforts ensure that this wonderful camp is recreated each summer full of love and energy.

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