Trading Places: Becoming My Mother's Mother
By Sandra Bullock Smith
Genre: Memoir
Book Description
Trading
Places: Becoming My Mother’s Mother is one woman’s heartfelt memoir
about the role reversal she experienced while looking after her aging mother.
Author Sandra Bullock Smith spent ten years caring for her
mother as her health declined. And all too often, she found herself in the
midst of experiences that mirrored similar events from her own childhood. This
book looks at the trials and tribulations of that decade and offers powerful
insight and encouragement for anyone entering into a similar period of life.
Smith’s touching stories share the heartbreaking, and sometimes comical,
moments she experienced while providing assistance to her aging parent
In a very real sense, the two women traded places. Smith
found herself uttering phrases she heard all too often as a child, such as,
“Don’t give your food to the dog” and, “You’ve had enough sugar today.” Smith
began jotting down the things she said, and thus this charming book was born.
Filled with respect, compassion, and love, this uplifting
and amusing memoir is for anyone involved in elder care, caregiving or who may
face the role in the future.
Author Bio
Sandra Bullock Smith is a retired human resources executive
who currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband, Mike, and their
mongrel pups. She grew up in Florida, and then spent 20+ years in the colorful
gumbo of south Louisiana. A world
traveler, angler, adventure junkie, and storyteller, she also works as a crew
chief for several endurance running and cycling athletes.
One of her greatest challenges in life was the ten-year
period during which she and her siblings cared for their aging mother. This
experience led her to pen her first book, Trading
Places: Becoming My Mother's Mother. She hopes it offers insight and
encouragement to anyone involved in a similar labor of love.
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