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Standing outside every afternoon is just one of the things Suydam has had to get used to as operator of the boys’ lodge. “Do you know what it’s like to be snowed in with 14 boys and having to fix 28 eggs for breakfast,” Suydam asked. “One night they ate three pounds of spaghetti.” She does have a cook, though, and someone to clean.
Keeping up with the teenagers with all of their energy is also a challenge for Suydam. “I try to do things with them and for them,” she said. “I play tennis with them, go hiking and skiing, and they make me feel young.”
Suydam still has a home in Washington, D.C., and she has someone else take over the lodge three weekends a month. There are seven boys who stay at the lodge full time, and the other seven go home on the weekends. “It’s a culture shock when I go to Washington now, and I always can hardly wait to get back,” Suydam said.
Suydam has rented the house for five years, and she said that she will make a decision then about whether or not to continue with the lodge. “Right now, I hope that I’ll always have boys interested in staying here,” she said.
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