My Happy Feet is a compilation of the author's personal memoirs that she started writing after she was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1990. Her journal entries are sometimes brutally honest and filled with raw emotion. She shares early symptoms, treatment, and the emotions that go along with them. She decided to share her journey in order to help those who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She hopes that people can relate to her and find hope for the future. Her desire is to share her story so that others will realize just like she did, that there is life, love, and faith after a diagnosis of Parkinson's. It takes courage and persistence to do battle with this insidious interloper of a disease. Ruth Anne battles the disease and side-effects of the medications, everyday. Her mantra is don't give up....keep fighting. Her journey continues to be one of spiritual healing.