I’m so blessed … my mother-in-law is coming to visit this weekend. For two weeks.

You read it right. I’m blessed and excited.

Sandra is a complete God-send to me. I enjoy visiting and spending time with her. I really lucked out!

My husband is the oldest of five boys. I can not imagine the chaos that Sandra lived with during the years that they were all at home. The stories are hysterical. Many of them involve rotten fruit, shag carpet, or some sort of sporting event. How she balanced life is beyond me. I struggle with two kids. I can’t imagine adding three more to the mix.

Sandra has embraced the daughters that she has now – the wives of three of her sons. She treats us like gold. I always cringe when I hear the horror stories of my friends and their in-laws. I feel so bad for them. Anthea, Kathleen, and I really have it made!

Now, if Don can make it these two weeks, we’ll be home free. Did I mention that I look so much like his mom that most of the time people think she’s my mother? Oh, and that our personalities are nearly identical?

Bless his heart – he married his mother!