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By JANE BANGLEY
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
f illing a house with 14 boys ranging in age from 11 to ’ 8 probably would not be most people’s idea of something to do voluntarily. For Marjorie Suydam it was a conscious decision she made at the beginning of the school year, and she is happy with that decision and the way it changed her life.
That decision was to rent a house in Huntly and operate a home away from home for boys who need a place to live in Rappahannock so that they can attend Wakefield School. “My husband and I came to Rappahannock on our honeymoon, and I’ve always wanted to come back to live," said Suydam. “My daughter, Helen Ruisi, is a teacher at Wakefield, and she told me about how some of the students needed a place to live and I came up with the idea.”
Suydam worked for a year with teenagers at the Psychiatric Institute besides working with teenagers on a voluntary basis for many years. She also raised four children of her own. “After raising three girls and one boy, I knew that I would never take on a house full of girls,” Suydam said. “A boy will come right out and kick you in the shins if he’s mad at you, but girls are sneaky.”
Her children are all supportive of her decision, and Suydam said that they comment every time they see her on how young and happy she looks. “For the first time in my life, I’m doing something that I really want to do, and I guess that it must show,” Suydam said.
Besides ranging in ages, the boys also range in nationalities. Two are from Taiwan, one is from Indonesia,
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