All Blog Posts Tagged 'conflict' (3)

This past weekend I attended a birthday party at my neighbor's house. My neighbor (Susan) introduced me to her mother-in-law, and made a comment "My mother-in-law is a real mensch". Strictly speaking, a "mensch" is a Yiddish word that means "a person of integrity and honor". I shook hands with a woman (Noureen) in her 70s wearing a traditional Bangladeshi outfit, makeup, bracelets, rings, etc. Considering my interest in multicultural MIL/DIL relationships, I haven't missed the opportunity to lea… Continue

I am writing a book about mothers-in-law. My objective is to write a "how to" book for mothers-in-law, the one that they would actually read. Since the inception of my project, I have received many emails from MILs and DILs about their problems. No two are alike. People also emailed about their perfect relationships with their MILs and DILs. There are two groups in Momlogic community MIL ROUND TABLE and DIL ROUND TABLE. Please join us if you would like to comment or share a story. I would appre… Continue

Christmas was amazing. All of the kiddos came in and we had an early Christmas fiesta (taco soup, chicken quesadillas, sweets galore) and opened presents. It couldn't have been any more perfect. We laughed. We were silly. We had a lot of fun. As the week went on there were more Chr… Continue