How does one describe their Mother-in-law? Probably the most difficult question for an in-law. This politically correct culture has taken this revered spot and turned it into something farcical and ridiculous. So yes, the ultimate question, how does one describe their Mother-in-law, without offending the general public?In fact, Mothers-in-law are a mysterious fortune. They are the women who have reared our spouses from infancy--stayed awake with our husbands and wives when they couldn't sleep, healed their wounds, read them stories, did their laundry, and took care of every need. Without them, we would not be married to good strong people who follow their mother's example in taking care of their own family, and loving them so well. So, in this we have fortune #1.
Fortune #2 is purely selfish: we have a wealth of knowledge at our finger-tips each time we visit grandma, not only someone to hug and kiss our own babies. And what a better trove of knowledge than my own Mother-in-law: Dianne. What young mom wouldn't want the mother of eight kids as her own mentor? Or the old Regional store house rep for her personal knowledge base? Or the brave lady who single-handedly made her own bread each week--to feed those eight kids? She sews, does genealogy, sings, dances, plays the piano, and has a knack for making everyone feel at home and loved wherever we might be, just as long as she is around.
And Fortune #3--possibly a little selfish too, but c'est la vie!-- Someone to love our children as much as we do ourselves. Let's face it, our kids our always excited to visit grandma's house.
They rhapsodize about it all the long way home. And we know what it's like, because we did it ourselves. And because grandma loves our children so well, we, the in-law feel loved and accepted by her just the same. It would seem, then, that the mother-in-law/grandma assumes the awesome task of bridging the gap between two stranger families to make them one. She is the "in" in "In-law".So world, you who are so politically minded, easily swayed by the winds of change, time, and temperance, we will make our own definition of "Mother-in-law". One that is three-fold: she prepares a way for our happiness through raising her own children, she provides us with knowledge gained over a life-time, and she makes strangers into friends and loved ones. And that, strange world, is a mysterious fortune.
Love Jessica
Fortune #2 is purely selfish: we have a wealth of knowledge at our finger-tips each time we visit grandma, not only someone to hug and kiss our own babies. And what a better trove of knowledge than my own Mother-in-law: Dianne. What young mom wouldn't want the mother of eight kids as her own mentor? Or the old Regional store house rep for her personal knowledge base? Or the brave lady who single-handedly made her own bread each week--to feed those eight kids? She sews, does genealogy, sings, dances, plays the piano, and has a knack for making everyone feel at home and loved wherever we might be, just as long as she is around.
And Fortune #3--possibly a little selfish too, but c'est la vie!-- Someone to love our children as much as we do ourselves. Let's face it, our kids our always excited to visit grandma's house.
They rhapsodize about it all the long way home. And we know what it's like, because we did it ourselves. And because grandma loves our children so well, we, the in-law feel loved and accepted by her just the same. It would seem, then, that the mother-in-law/grandma assumes the awesome task of bridging the gap between two stranger families to make them one. She is the "in" in "In-law".So world, you who are so politically minded, easily swayed by the winds of change, time, and temperance, we will make our own definition of "Mother-in-law". One that is three-fold: she prepares a way for our happiness through raising her own children, she provides us with knowledge gained over a life-time, and she makes strangers into friends and loved ones. And that, strange world, is a mysterious fortune.Love Jessica
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