An Intimate Look At Caregiving In America Today

November is National Family Caregivers Month and to mark the occasion, HuffPost50 published a callout in September from our editor-at-large Rita Wilson seeking stories of inspiring caregivers. We were inundated with submissions, some from family members and some from the caregivers themselves. In this second installment of a two-part series titled Unsung Heroes: The Faces Of Caregiving In America Today, you’ll read about five of the many people across the country who put their own lives on pause to tend to friends and family members who have fallen ill. Another five caregivers were profiled last week. To read more about the state of caregiving in America today, go here.     Coby Budridge, 56, cared for her mother, 82, for two-and-a-half years.  By Coby Budridge “It’s totally unlike me to nominate myself for any accolade. But I learned while caring for my mother, for two-and-a-half years, by myself, that I am in fact an awesomely strong, caring, loving and capable woman. And I’d like to share my story.  I can’t tell you how many times I said, ‘I can’t do this’... and yet somehow I did.  I ‘had’ to. My only sibling was estranged from mom and me. Dad was long gone. She begged me to stay with her at home, to keep her home, to never let ‘them’ take her away. I made that promise.  Sleepless nights, when she was restless and in pain. The immense physical effort. The ...
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