A New Decade

This year, I, Dilara Channing, turned 40 years old.  Twenty years ago as a young newlywed  I never once envisioned living side by side with my mother-in-law.  After all, I was madly in love with a kind-hearted, caring,  man.  I was planning on living with him and our future children, not his parents!  As the years passed, the tide turned and her residence with us became permanent.  Like a sailor navigating uncharted territory, I learned, mostly the hard way, to survive the raging seas before us.  I plan for this decade to be better than the last, in every aspect of my life, but especially in regards to Living with Mother-in-Law.