She cares for me!

The ‘she’ here is my mom-in-law. I have always seen her as a loving, cheerful woman. That is until her son decided to marry me. I fell, in her eyes, to the lowest abyss on the planet.

And yet, there worked a miracle. A swift moment of wondrous intervention and I became her daughter-in-law and soon the one to bear her a grandchild.

Yesterday, we dropped by to say hello to her. She was very upset with her son for not warning her that I was coming along too. She wanted to cook something special. And then, all she did for the next half-hour or so was try to find out what my favorite dishes were! She wanted to send them over.

I was amazed at her determination to find out what I like especially and what she could cook for me. She had no complex reasons – just that “in this time” women get cravings and all she wanted was to ensure that in the absence of my mother I would not miss out on any of these goodies.

Thanks amma.

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