Rita's Journey

This book is heavily based on the life of a woman who grew up in an orphanage during The Great Depression. She persevered through hard times and challenges in her life. She became one of the first women in a U.S. Navy military uniform as part of The Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES) program during World War II. Her positive outlook on life influenced many people and her story should be known. While a work of fiction, most of the events and characters in the book are true to her life. She taught her family to live in the present, plan for the future, but never wallow in the past.

The story takes a family through happy early times and then reveals devastation and tragedy. The focus shifts to the youngest child's life as an orphan. Over time, her perseverance, faith and natural positive outlook takes her on a journey that provides enrichment and happiness with a few surprises along the way.