Ruby Brown Britt

Taking Care of Mama (eBook, ePUB)

With Grace and Grit

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Many older adults are spending their golden years taking care of a spouse, elderly parent, or other relative. My book tells one such storythe story of a four-year journey my siblings and I took when our very independent mother had cancer surgery at age ninety. It tells of her resistance to some of her helpers and our struggles trying to have a normal life while caring for her. It tells also of the difficult decisions made on her behalf, especially that final decision to place her in a nursing facility. Two sisters born a decade apart to the same woman felt they were raised by different mothers. The older sister felt treated like a distant relative in the home but with responsibility for the care and behavior of the younger two, while the younger sister was the baby of the family and loved by all. It tells of the double standard prevalent in the South during the first five decades of the twentieth century and how proper Southern ladies were expected to conduct themselves. My story also reveals how someone who felt she was not cared for by her mother can find the courage and stamina to care for that mother when she can no longer care for herself. Research done after the fact is recorded to encourage and help the readers experience less confusion and heartache, and to have an easier time with care taking and decision making if any have to take a similar journey.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504933094
• Artikelnr.: 52600361

Autorenporträt

Ruby Britt was raised in a small town in South Georgia during the 1940s and '50s, when girls were expected to act like little ladies in spite of their desire to climb trees, play ball, and ride horses, like the boys. Those were times when children were expected "to be seen but not heard," mind their elders, do their chores, and never talk back. Well, Ruby had a problem with the "never talk back" part, and she did not like the double standard as to gender. Her mother never really talked to her during her childhood but expected much from her. Because of her silenced childhood, she began to write. She composed poems and even converted a seventh-grade history lesson into a school skit that was performed for the entire school body. After an early marriage and four children, Ruby began a career with the United States Postal Service, while her husband farmed. After their two older girls left for college, Ruby was finally able to begin her own college education. Then, after a hurtful congregational split within her home church, she began to write poetry again and later authored a family history, self-help inspirational book on self-esteem and a two-volume collection of poems, essays, and funny things her grandchildren had said and done. She has poems published in many anthologies and is a distinguished member of International Society of Poets and member of National Association of Postmasters of United States. After retiring from the USPS, Ruby worked four years with a local newspaper as a writer and reporter until after her husband died. She later went back to work as city clerk for her hometown while helping to care for her mother.