THE CHOICE FROM VICTIM TO VICTORIOUS "The Colors of My Life" is an intimate and powerful true story about risk, courage, and facing the unknown which will inspire anyone searching for their mettle to overcome life's challenges. This remarkable memoir unfolds Betty's walk through the fire of grief amid the depths of sorrow from the death of her young husband, becoming unemployed during a national recession and raising three teenagers, revealing her true self like a Monarch butterfly transforming into a self-assured survivor rather than a powerless victim.