Rocky Trail but Steady Feet A Memoir

by Shelton, Lois

• ISBN13: 9781667845487
• ISBN10: 1667845489
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-07-18
• Publisher: BookBaby

Summary

Lois Shelton was raised by a "Rosie the Riveter" mother who was an orphan of immigrant parents. They moved 11 times before Shelton's high school graduation. The book follows Shelton's mother as she tried to keep her and her siblings alive in the north woods with no electricity or running water, then juxtaposes those struggles with stories of Shelton raising herself in a 1950s Chicago suburb. Lacking family input, Lois was left to put the pieces of her life back together on her own. When she first began writing her memoir decades ago, she had to stop because it was too painful. This memoir is her opportunity to unearth frightful events and make sense of her life struggles. Every life experience has value, but some take longer to find their value. "Rocky Trail But Steady Feet" will inspire women who are finding their way in life or looking back and trying to gain perspective on their pasts.

Author Biography

Lois 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.