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Lighthouse of northwest florida (fka VCA )/ Rebekah / Roloff ) / Re: Bethesda Home for Girls
« on: June 23, 2010, 09:49:05 AM »
Dear April's Dad,
I am so glad you were able to reply when you did. You didn't know it but you replied exactly 2 days before the Bethesda Home For Girls Survivors 2nd annual reunion. We were all so very excited to hear the great news that she was adopted by a LOVING family. Many of us were so very upset to see such a young girl brought to the home only to have her yanked out one day without a word of what was going to happen to her. So THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for letting us know after all these years that she was loved, happy and healthy. :seg:
On another note, the future of the old Bethesda building is uncertain. We learned this year that it may be sold again. There are still boards there where girls from the later days (1983 - 1986) wrote on them. We tried to take as many pictures of the sayings, art work, etc. as we could. The probability of those things that were left behind being destroyed makes me sad because the messages were so poignant and personal and were basically a "proof of life" for many of us. For myself I am finished going back to the old building (unless someone really needs a shoulder to lean on for their own visit). I have healed a lot by going back the 2 times I have been there. I have discovered some memories I had repressed, and don't need to dig up any others. I figure if I blocked them out, it was my brain's way of keeping me healthy, so leave it be.
We have a group on Face Book where many girls have gathered. We have pictures (old and new) of many of us. I am still searching for many who I was close to: Katrina Rankin, Michelle Boudreax, Patricia Perry, Tammy Burgess, Regina, Mary (from Florida), Lena Zwick, Nancy Boleware, and many many others. I hold onto the fact that "the internet is forever" as the hackers say and that one day they will look for us and we will be reunited.
Keeping the faith,
Marjorie
I am so glad you were able to reply when you did. You didn't know it but you replied exactly 2 days before the Bethesda Home For Girls Survivors 2nd annual reunion. We were all so very excited to hear the great news that she was adopted by a LOVING family. Many of us were so very upset to see such a young girl brought to the home only to have her yanked out one day without a word of what was going to happen to her. So THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for letting us know after all these years that she was loved, happy and healthy. :seg:
On another note, the future of the old Bethesda building is uncertain. We learned this year that it may be sold again. There are still boards there where girls from the later days (1983 - 1986) wrote on them. We tried to take as many pictures of the sayings, art work, etc. as we could. The probability of those things that were left behind being destroyed makes me sad because the messages were so poignant and personal and were basically a "proof of life" for many of us. For myself I am finished going back to the old building (unless someone really needs a shoulder to lean on for their own visit). I have healed a lot by going back the 2 times I have been there. I have discovered some memories I had repressed, and don't need to dig up any others. I figure if I blocked them out, it was my brain's way of keeping me healthy, so leave it be.
We have a group on Face Book where many girls have gathered. We have pictures (old and new) of many of us. I am still searching for many who I was close to: Katrina Rankin, Michelle Boudreax, Patricia Perry, Tammy Burgess, Regina, Mary (from Florida), Lena Zwick, Nancy Boleware, and many many others. I hold onto the fact that "the internet is forever" as the hackers say and that one day they will look for us and we will be reunited.
Keeping the faith,
Marjorie