Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home39 their only daughter, Su，my best friend，asked them to. I lived with them for the next seven years．

　　Barbara washed my skirts just as she did Su’s. She made sure I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments，help with homework and nightly hugs．Barbara and Roland Beach attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders．40 I could tell，for the Beaches there was no difference between Su and me；I was their daughter, too.

　　When Su and I 4 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barbara presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay for 23 years．

　　The Beaches knew 4 about me when they took me in：They had heard the whole story from Su．When I was seven，my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to 4 his kids. Before the time I went to live with the Beaches I believed that life was entirely 44 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy，I believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

　　4 the Beaches，I would have become a bitter, cynical(愤世嫉俗的)woman．They gave me a home that allowed me to grow and change．They kept me from being paralyzed by my 4 and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

　　I 47 the family．For me，it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was born，but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10.

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