A woman’s relationship to happiness and fulfillment over the course of a lifetime forms the basis of Beth Rowles Scott’s memoir “Pinch Me: A Long Walk From the Prairies.”
Written in a painstakingly self-reflective manner, the 80-year-old Rowles Scott traces her life from a self-proclaimed “fat girl” growing up poor in rural Saskatchewan to becoming a teacher. She then moved through the ranks of the education system to find even greater fulfillment in retirement as the founder of a non-profit organization supporting literacy in Africa.
A resident of Surrey, British Columbia, Rowles Scott has a happiness criterion that she followed throughout her life, continuously making adjustments when circumstances changed, lessons were mastered, or fulfillment waned. Just as her Saskatchewan roots are humble, her yardstick for happiness is also refreshingly simple: “someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to.”
Written in a painstakingly self-reflective manner, the 80-year-old Rowles Scott traces her life from a self-proclaimed “fat girl” growing up poor in rural Saskatchewan to becoming a teacher. She then moved through the ranks of the education system to find even greater fulfillment in retirement as the founder of a non-profit organization supporting literacy in Africa.
A resident of Surrey, British Columbia, Rowles Scott has a happiness criterion that she followed throughout her life, continuously making adjustments when circumstances changed, lessons were mastered, or fulfillment waned. Just as her Saskatchewan roots are humble, her yardstick for happiness is also refreshingly simple: “someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to.”
