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\u201cHave girl for adoption<\/a> along lines discussed,\u201d the telegram read. Perhaps the most thrilling message in my life\u2014it was from a Foundling Home.<\/p>\n

Buddy and I were on a plane the next morning, excited at the thought that our search might be over. But I personally had a feeling of panic too. We had been years trying to find a child. Once before we had settled on an adorable two-weeks-old baby girl. All formalities and paper-signing had been completed, and we had even prepared a nursery for the baby in our home.<\/p>\n

A day or so before the child was due to arrive\u2014she died.<\/p>\n

Since then I had often wondered, although I battled such thoughts, if God really wanted me to have a child. It had seemed like a double deprivation to have to close the door on that empty nursery. And yet why had God given me such an insistent urge for children\u2014and an almost obsessed love for babies? My idea of the perfect home had always been four children\u2014and it still is.<\/p>\n

At the Foundling Home we learned somewhat to our dismay that the girl in question was eight years old. We had asked for a baby. \u201cDoes the child know we have come to see her?\u201d I asked the woman in charge.<\/p>\n

She shook her head. \u201cWe never build up the hopes of any child by giving advance notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked around for my husband, but he had stepped out the door to the playground, evidently attracted by the shouts of some boys playing ball. Moving over to the window I too watched the action. One small lad<\/a> with tousled hair and quick, agile movements interested me at once. He seemed to run the hardest and throw a ball the straightest.<\/p>\n

Although the smallest boy on the field, he by his eagerness and ability was the recognized leader.<\/p>\n

Buddy too, I could see, was engrossed in this youngster. As soon as the matron of the Home returned with the girl, I asked her about the lad. \u201cWe would be glad to have you meet him, Mrs. Rogers,\u201d she told me.<\/p>\n

Buddy and I had already talked with the girl when the boy was brought in and introduced. He marched straight up to us, shook hands firmly, looking us both in the eye. There was much wisdom <\/a>in that 6-year-old look. I was sure that Buddy had the same feeling about him that I did, but I relied upon a little double talk in front of the boy to check my husband\u2019s reactions.\u201c<\/p>\n

We ought to make some decision about closing the deal,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m all for it, but remember, dear, it\u2019s a long-term investment,\u201d he replied.\u201c<\/p>\n

I know, but the best one we\u2019ll ever make.\u201d And we smiled our joint decision.<\/p>\n

We called our boy Ronny Rogers.<\/p>\n

Every couple who considers adoption<\/a> has some fear as to how it will work out. An infant probably absorbs an atmosphere. The older the child, people feel, the more adjustments will have to be made. These and other thoughts were in my mind as we left the Foundling Home that day with Ronny.<\/p>\n

Yet one unmistakable fact loomed far above any other. We had gone into the Home man and wife\u2014and had come out a family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once in our home Ronny belonged as if he had been there all his life. True, a small boy is at some disadvantage when he transfers from a Foundling Home environment to a large Hollywood <\/a>home where he is in somewhat of a spotlight.<\/p>\n

Yet no child has been more loved than Ronny, and he has known this from the start. This love is all that really matters to a child whether his parents live in a two-room flat, a mansion, or a house by the side of the road.<\/p>\n

There are thousands of youngsters in institutions who are well fed and well taken care of. What they do not have\u2014something more important almost than being well fed\u2014is the sense of belonging<\/a>, of being loved. My heart aches for these children. But it also aches for all the homes without children; for the couples who deprive themselves of the one thing it takes to make a home and a family\u2014children to love.<\/p>\n

I had asked for a girl and expected an infant. If I had any disappointment at finding myself with a six-year-old boy, it didn\u2019t last long. Ronny completely assaulted our hearts. I thank God for so guiding us.<\/p>\n

Almost everyone wants an infant, but those from six to fourteen years of age are the ones really in need of a home. So much happiness<\/a> flooded our house with the arrival of Ronny\u2014that we soon decided to enlarge the family some more.<\/p>\n

Within ten months the Lord had sent me what my heart fancied\u2014an infant baby. Please don\u2019t be skeptical when I use the phrase \u201cthe Lord sent me,\u201d because when I think of the years I had been searching for an infant to adopt… the delays, the heartbreak, the difficulties and involvements that go with adoption<\/a>, you can understand why I truly felt that God meant this particular child for me.<\/p>\n

We named the baby Roxanne and everyone in the house was completely happy \u2014except Ronny! \u201cShe\u2019s a nuisance,\u201d he had said. \u201cWhat\u2019s so wonderful about her? Just another girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Ronny too was slowly to succumb to Roxanne\u2019s baby charms. We watched the air of brother-ownership and self-appointed censor and guardian develop.<\/p>\n

No home can be a completely happy one without God. Bible reading<\/a> and prayer have been to me like the foundation of a building. With sound religious training as a basis, children can grow up to become better citizens, and I find parents themselves acquire new depth and understanding while teaching the importance of God\u2019s teachings to their offspring.<\/p>\n

Roxanne\u2019s childish faith is especially appealing. The moment she overhears any discussion about religion or God, whether it be in a small family gathering or a room full of people, she interrupts with her pet phrase: \u201cThere izno spot where Godiznot<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

This remark always delights everyone except Ronny, and it really gets his little gray goat. Yet recently Ronny surprised and pleased me with a burst of youthful feeling for religion.<\/p>\n

It was during a recent holiday when I was taking Ronny and our Belgian foster child<\/a> (who had been permitted to come to this country for a visit) to the theatre. While passing along the street, we were stunned to come upon a man whose rasping voice hawked out such phrases as \u201cDown with religion… down with God … away with priests and ministers.\u201d In his hands he held copies of \u201cThe Atheist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other people were staring at him with as much revulsion as we. This man looked like a model of halitosis, sour linen and dark alleys. He seemed the true embodiment of the Devil himself, for I\u2019ve always thought it absurd to portray the devil as a dashing handsome scarlet lure.<\/p>\n

Ronny (now 12 years old) screwed up his face in disgust, and suddenly I had the notion he would break away from us and lunge at the man. I think he was ashamed that our Belgian foster child was getting such a wrong impression of America. I tightened my hold on his arm, feeling a strong sense of pride at his swift reaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet him be, Ronny,\u201d I advised, \u201che\u2019ll die of his own poison.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think my deepest satisfaction came one day when Ronny and I and a cousin were driving to see the newborn baby of my niece.\u201c<\/p>\n

Just think,\u201d said my cousin who was driving and forgot for the moment, I suppose, that Ronny was in the back seat, \u201chow wonderful to have a child of your own flesh and blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

I grew cold with horror for a moment, thinking of how Ronny would feel, and I said as casually as I could: \u201cYes, wonderful\u2014but it\u2019s a little terrifying wondering how they\u2019re going to turn out.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the back Ronnie spoke up instantly: \u201cJust think how lucky you were, Mother! I was six years old and you could tell exactly what you were getting.\u201d<\/p>\n

I laughed back at him, thankful that his eyes glowed with pride and importance. No sense there of not belonging; he knew he was wanted. And I was warmed inside with fresh love for my family<\/a> and gratitude to God for the fulfillment of a life-long dream\u2014a home with children.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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