1Lois Shelton's life started in post-war Pasadena, CA., where her mother had been a Rosie the Riveter, After 11 moves before high school graduation, she and raised by a single mother who was an orphan of immigrant parents. Her mother had an uphill childhood marinated by two world wars, the great depression, and raising her younger siblings at the age of 14. Lacking family input, Lois had an isolated and disruptive childhood with few rules that left her putting the pieces of her life together on her own. Decades earlier, she tried to write an it was too painful. Now this book is an opportunity to unearth frightful events and make sense of it all. Every life experience has value, but some take longer to find their value.

Lois was able, by shear hard work, to get an education and pursue a career in psychology that involved disadvantaged families, but mainly children in difficult situations. This work lead to court recommendations, leading speaker and training programs, and licensing groups for those following a career to help others. While writing case studies for others, this book is her own case study of her life. This book will inspire women finding their way in life or looking back and trying to gain perspective on things that have happened. Lois' choices were sometimes nontraditional, but there are many ways to live a fulfilling life.