I would love to do one just like that for my jewel of a daughter-in-law. With all the horrid choices my son made for girl-friends over the years, I was terrified I would get a DIL that I could not stand to be around. I just adore her! She is sweet and kind and is so wonderful to her Mom and all of her family. She and my son get along so great that it is almost scary! She is so considerate of everyone but she does not let anyone run over her either. She makes no enemies in the process. She seems so meek and mild but underneath she is strong and does not mind a hard days work. I do not think I have ever met anyone just like her before. She does not mind speaking her mind but she does not hurt anyones feelings while she does it. She does not have much but what she has is nice and well kept. She was married alot of years but raised her 2 daughters alone and made the living for the household & took care of her Mom when she needed to. My son struck a gold mine when he met and married her, just without the real gold. Her Mom will be 80 on the 25th. They now play the reverse role. Gail is the caregiver instead of her Mom. I have never heard her complain except to say that she is tired sometimes. Her 56 yr.old half-sister has cancer in the last stages(3months max left)& Gail looks after her as much as she can since my son had his heart attack the 9th of this month. They have a Hospice Nurse in her home daily now until she has to go back in the hospital. She can not get up & go to bathroom without help, on Morphine drip for pain and IV for strength. I do not see her making it 3 months. I worried myself sick about my son & his bad choices for yrs. He did not leave home until he was 37. Gail is a Godsend. He has made a complete about-face in his thinking, even joined the church just before he met Gail. I wondered for years just where I went wrong raising him. I feel blessed and so does he to have such a down to earth caring person that loves him. I got strung out when I said DIL but I think she is just great! I try to do everything I can for her. I try to give her some of the nicer things that she has never been able to afford but it really is not important to her. She is wearing my Mom's wedding ring that I guarded with my life for years. When I offered it to Brian for Gail, she cried. It meant that much to her. It was nice but it was not the Hope diamond. It was just a wedding ring that I cherished. She came with a pkg. She has 2 grown daughters and they have 3 small children between them,4-3-& 7months. My son loves children so he is in heaven when they all pile up at their house!
Your work is beautiful & I have got to get busy & start some projects for my new family members. I've done a few but basically, I have been lazy. I have been doing for the babies mostly. Linda