I'm going to plead the case of mothers-in-law today. Every time you turn on your TV these days, you see some standup comic getting his laughs at the expense of his mother-in-law. "We had a blessed event at our house last night. My mother-in-law went home." "Just Molly and me, and her mother makes three, we are fighting in my blue heaven." “My mother-in-law arrived last night… on the 10:30 broom." You've heard them all. Let me ask you this. When the baby comes down with some sickness, who do you call? When a recipe goes sour and you want to find out what you did wrong, who gets the phone call? When you want to spend a weekend out of town and you need someone to care for three little kids, whose name comes up for guard duty? When your own kitchen is bare, who is it that invites you over for Sunday dinner? Who knits the first sweater for the baby, and who never forgets a gift when she's returning home from a trip. You know as I know, that the answer to all of these questions is, your mother-in-law. And still she is the favorite subject for abuse. Well, maybe she's used to it. Maybe it all rolls off like water off a ducks back. Nevertheless, don't you feel it is about time we all let up on the mothers in law? Just remember, there may come a day when you too will be a mother-in-law. Let's start giving this precious woman her rightful place in our homes and our hearts.
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