My Mother-In-Law and Me: How We Came to Be Close

I met my mother-in-law some thirty years ago. If I said it was love at first sight for either one of us, I’d be lying. After all, I had come to take her son, a much beloved son she had borne late in life, and she was naturally wary. I understood that then and being the mother of three sons, I understand it even better now.

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But, there we were.

So, when my husband told his mother that I was the one, she said the three words that every young man wants to hear from his mother upon imparting such...