My Mother-In-Law

My mother-in-law, Cheryl, is awesome. She and I got off to a bad start when my marriage to her daughter first came to pass. But we’ve worked through that and we actually get along very well now.

Last year she traveled from her home in the greater St. Louis area to come help us paint the inside of our home. The paint we used then wasn’t very good and in the end, it was just not a nice finish. This year we decided to repaint using Sherman Williams and the paint looks amazing.

Now I’d like to tell you all that it looks so amazing because of the brand of paint that we used, but that would only be a fraction of the truth. The truth is, my mother-in-law is a very talented and crafty person and she loaned those talents to us two years in a row to make our home more livable.

How do you say thank you for something like that? It isn’t as if you can simply repay the favor. If we could paint, we wouldn’t have needed her talents. The truth is that we needed her help very much and we are so appreciative of her willingness to travel six hours and spend her personal down time giving to us her time, talent, and energy.

It was a joy having you around this weekend Cheryl. I promise the next time you come, we will not be taskmasters and it will be all about fun. Thank you seems petty after the beauty that you have added to our home and our lives, but please accept my heart felt gratitude.

See you if a few weeks.