Becoming Ruth - The Diary of a World Citizen: Destiny Friendship Tapa blanda - 2010

"Why isn't everybody an activist? Ruth questions. "Our country needs individuals to take action, our government does not care enough for the people in our country. Instead of the billions of dollars going to the Iraq war; the people who lost their home from Katrina need new housing and life support." Ruth learned her activism and humanitarian values from her mother who helped organize the Union for Social Workers. When asked how she wants to be remembered, Ruth replied, "Courage has been another name for me, and fear is an unkown factor. I speak out for what I believe is right and offer my help when needed." Since her recorded journey around the world, Ruth has taught English to Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong, meditated in a Thai monastery, worked as a TV and radio reporter in Bethel, Alaska, climbed Machu Picchu in Peru, and lived in an aboriginal settlement in Australia. As a journalist she wrote a column in a Georgia newspaper. She is the author of Ode to an Ailing Marriage. Ruth has two living daughters, Nita and Lori, and a son, David. She has three grandsons, and two great-granddaughters. Ruth lives in Staunton, Virginia.