Taking Care of Mama (ePub)

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.

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