“can i fold your laundry?” my mother-in-law asks. “that would be wonderful,” i reply. it’s nice not to have to do this routine chore myself, and i realize that it gives her a purpose and helps her to feel needed. my mother-in-law has recently moved in with us and we are all finding new daily patterns.
at the same time as i’m thanking her for folding the laundry, however, i’m remembering a time when i was a young mother and was not gracious about her help. i’d entered the bedroom to find my mother-in-law folding laundry and i snapped at her that i could do it…please leave it alone! did i 