Unlike many less fortunate, I was raised by both parents in a Christian faith-based home. the journey of both of her parents and of her nine siblings..
She is presently completing her second, Whatever Happened To The Family?...
In Search Of My Father is her first book. in Early Childhood Education.
She is a graduate of Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington with her B.
A.
Rita and her husband Dale have been married fifty-six years and reside in eastern Washington state and have traveled their lifetime in ministry.
This book is the account of that journey.
Now that he was gone, I could ask the hard questions.
To understand what made my father so fearfully harsh, I needed to hear from those who knew him best when he was young.
He was the origin of my being, and with great desire I longed for peace and union with him.
Then, ten years beyond my father\'s decease, a journey lay most imperatively on me! I still desperately needed to understand, to forgive and possibly love again the only man I could ever call Father.
In my mid-forties, I finally cut him off from my love until the day he suddenly died.
But as I grew, I deeply questioned him because of fearful and severe discipline he levied upon us children for our least fault.
To me, he was the image of perfection.
As a small child, I worshiped my father.
Unlike many less fortunate, I was raised by both parents in a Christian faith-based home
