It’s been one year since my mother-in-law died unexpectedly. It’s been a year full of ups and downs and lots of sad “firsts” for my husband and the rest of us. I won’t go into all the details, but I just wanted to share something with the rest of you that I wrote after she died. PLEASE take it to heart. I know it may not be easy. Just try. For me. Okay?! If you know me from OLU, I just copied and pasted.<\/p>\n
No matter how much you think you dislike your MIL, PLEASE …. try and fix it …
\nbecause now that mine is gone I wish I could and I can’t.<\/p>\nIt’s too late.<\/p>\n
I haven’t posted here yet, but my MIL died VERY unexpectedly on September 15th (also DH’s bday).<\/p>\n
It’s no secret that we were far from best friends. I wanted to have a better relationship with her but for my own faults and some hers, we just never did.<\/p>\n
We were always working on it. It just wasn’t good enough.<\/p>\n
So this is my plea. If there is ANY chance whatsoever that you and your MIL (or FIL) can have a friendship, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE .. do it NOW.<\/p>\n
Don’t think time will make you closer. I ran out of time and despite us not getting along all that well I am BEYOND devastated that I will NEVER get the chance to be a good friend.<\/p>\n
That is all. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now I’m sharing this with you because I don’t know if I ever shared it with my husband. I didn’t want to burden him with my grief (and to be honest still don’t). ANYWAYS. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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