My Guardian Angel

My mother in law is the most wonderful person I know. Since my husband got injured almost 7 years ago and has been unable to work, she has been there to help us when we have needed it the most. From buying us groceries, helping to pay our bills, giving us gas money, taking myself, my husband and my children to appointments or events, and she lives in the next town over. She has even taken my children or picked them up from school while I'm at work, when my husband is unable to move due to his injury. We didn't have enough money for my children to sign up for sports, so she would pay for it. When my father, who lives out of state, had life threatening heart surgery, she bought me a plane ticket so I could be there. She has also offered to pay to take my dog to the vet when she has needed serious dental work. People think since she is my mother in law that she is suppose to do these things, well, not true. I know plenty of mother's in law's who don't!! My husband and I have been married for 19 years and she has done these things since day one. She has always made me feel like her "daughter" and not her daughter in law. She has offered us her home to live in when we were unable to afford our own, and she has given us the money to get into our own place, not once , but twice! She has given us her car to drive when we didn't have one and when I was hit from behind in her car, all she cared about was if I was ok. She has done all of these things and more that would take more than a thousand words to express. In doing all this, she has never asked for anything in return. Sometimes I feel extremely guilty about all that she has done knowing that I can never give her back half of what she has given me. Sometimes I feel that I don't deserve to have someone this special in my life. Words cannot express how grateful I am to her and when I think about how lucky I am to have been blessed with her, it brings tears to my eyes, for she is truly my guardian angel and I love her very much.

Melissa, CA
Posted: October 15, 2008

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