Lesson 13 Mother In Law

This question is one that is very personal to me.  I think that being close to my in-laws is very important in a marriage.  However, I have a unique situation where I feel like it is even more important.  My father in law passed away about 16 years ago.  I never had a chance to know him but I have seen the impact of what he taught my wife and it is something that we will carry on in our family.  As a result of my father in laws death, I always think about how he would want her to be treated.  I think of how he would treat her and the relationship that he would want her to have with her son in laws.  Because of this I feel even more of an obligation to have a good relationship with my mother in law because she is alone.  She doesn’t have someone to take care of her and that is definitely something that she deserves.  Sometimes it is hard though.  We have differing views on quite a few things and that can make it difficult to build the relationship.  However, it is important to build the relationship because I want my children to have a good relationship with their grandmother.  I want them to recognize how generous she is with her time and her money.  She is one of the most generous people that I have ever met.  She has her flaws, but she loves them and I want them to see how they should treat her from my actions.