Rob's Letter

To the Lee & Beulah Moor Home,

I wasn’t sure where to send this thank-you note.

I just wanted to say that me, my older brother, and older sister lived at this great home from January to May of 1962. That February I turned 10 years old. I am the youngest of seven.

I still tell people about my time at the Moor home. It was good. I had my first dentist appointment, my first suit, and a bed to myself. I had clothes for every day of the week and two pairs of shoes. Wow, I even got an allowance of 35 cents a week in a little manila envelope!

Even though I was not a happy child, what child could be when they find out their mother dropped them off somewhere and left the state?

That was almost 50 years ago. I’ve had a lot of good times and some very bad ones as well. But I always look back at the time I spent at the Moor Home and I’m very glad that it existed. My six children know about the Moor home. I wanted them to know how hard life can be, and how good.

There’s so much more to say thank you for, but I’m a very poor typist and I’m at work right now.

I know you have some children there now that are having some tough times. Let them know from me and my brothers and sisters: Never give up, make every day count, and tomorrow will be a better day.

So again, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Rob H.
Valencia, California