Anna Goad Lee

I, Anna Goad and my sister, Susan, and for a short time, my brother Westy (he was 12 at the time, and ran away, made it back to my uncle's house and then went to live with my father) was at Faith home from early 1968 to just before Christmas of that same year. My mom was going through a divorce and couldn't support us, so put us in the home until she got on her feet. They told her, just before Christmas, if she didn't get us out, we would be put up for adoption. I remember it snowing, but couldn't play because I was sick in infirmary. I remember going to the camp, didn't know it's name, that summer. I remember the cottages, with big barn/gym down the hill from them. We had so much fun, rolling down the hill, although we paid later with itchy skin. I remember going to edge of fence, looking out across a busy road across a river?, at a gaming park, and so wishing I could go. My mom had given me a Madam Alexander doll, the Christmas before we went in, but shortly after we got there, they insisted on putting it in storage. When we got out, it couldn't be found. So my mom got me another one, made some beautiful clothes for it. I STILL HAVE IT, with the clothes she made and the ones I made for it too. It is precious to me. I tried to find the Sand campus about 15 yrs ago. But only the main office was still there. Gone was the long building with the arched windows to the right of it, and I didn't see any of the cottages or the long sloping hill down to the gym. I moved back to the Houston area about 4 yrs ago, and I went downtown today, to see if I could find it. Nothing. I was quite disappointed that there wasn't any type of memorial or preservation of the original buildings.