Holley is a wonderful role model for successful coping. She is now the president of a women's association in Texas and travels widely to speak about not letting an amputation become a handicap. She has a marvelous, happy spirit and wonderful self-confidence. She appeared recently on the Gayle King television show and said she and her family were buying a home on Lake Tyler because they like life at the lake so much. When the video monitors showed Holley water skiing on her right leg the studio audience burst into applause.
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