Yep, I acquired a new role in the past couple of years. I am a sister, wife, mother, and now a mother in law. My two oldest kids are married and I am a proud mother in law to my son in law and daughter in law. This is another part of life where there is no manual or instructions. What is a MIL to do?
Just like when my first child was born I had all sorts of crazy ideas about how I was going to raise MY child. Foolishly I proclaimed,"My child will never watch TV, not even Sesame Street.” I was so naive. Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers saved my sanity most afternoons as my kids were preschoolers.
Well, I had similar naive ideas about being a mother in law. Initially, I thought it was just like adopting two more kids. I thought my 3 kid family turned into a 5 kid family. Well. . . it had but not exactly. My new in law kids were all grown up and had a mommy and daddy already. So the mom hat didn’t fit.
Over the past few years, I’ve learned my MIL job. It’s really simple. I love and give unconditional acceptance to my in-law kids. They are wonderful and special. They love and are devoted to my young’ins. I cherish them. They have enriched the Bell/Sailstad clan in so many ways. Thanks Katie and Josh.
I came across this article,What Makes a Good MIL? It’s a primer for the learning the ropes as a mother in law. Enjoy!
Just like when my first child was born I had all sorts of crazy ideas about how I was going to raise MY child. Foolishly I proclaimed,"My child will never watch TV, not even Sesame Street.” I was so naive. Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers saved my sanity most afternoons as my kids were preschoolers.
Well, I had similar naive ideas about being a mother in law. Initially, I thought it was just like adopting two more kids. I thought my 3 kid family turned into a 5 kid family. Well. . . it had but not exactly. My new in law kids were all grown up and had a mommy and daddy already. So the mom hat didn’t fit.
Over the past few years, I’ve learned my MIL job. It’s really simple. I love and give unconditional acceptance to my in-law kids. They are wonderful and special. They love and are devoted to my young’ins. I cherish them. They have enriched the Bell/Sailstad clan in so many ways. Thanks Katie and Josh.
I came across this article,What Makes a Good MIL? It’s a primer for the learning the ropes as a mother in law. Enjoy!
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