Mother-In Law Jealousy

Do have conflict with your mother-in-law? Believe me, I know how it is. My MIL and I used to get into it, straight up screaming at each other in the yard and crazy stuff like that. I used to get so upset that my kids liked her let alone loved her, I would ask Brian over and over Can't they see how mean she is? Of course they couldn't, because she wasn't mean to them. and truth be told, while she was quite often mean to me I did exaggerate it and blow it out of proportion and get myself so worked up! over so very little. I can laugh about it now, but I was so insecure...when our youngest was a baby he couldn't say grandma and grandpa, he'd say maka and baka instead. I was so jealous that he had a special nickname for her I'd try to get him to say grandma over and over again. Isn't that sad? He'd just laugh and clap his hands and say Maka maka maka! Where my maka?

I truly regret that I ever wasted time and heartache over this. My kids are really blessed to have her. They are close to my father-in-law as well and my parents but they really have a very close bond especially with my mother-in-law. I only had one grandparent I was close to and she died when I was only 11. I miss her to this day. I am so happy my kids have a grandmother who they are close to like this, and who lives nearby and helps us raise them.