Matthew Childress

18-year-old Chloe Childress was one of two counselors, along with 25 young girls, swept away from Camp Mystic, the century-old Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River.

Her father, Matthew Childress, says the family is creating new holiday traditions this year, leaving town instead of staying in with family.

The ongoing state investigation of the floods and lawsuits against Camp Mystic make the grief hard to forget.