For the past 10 years, I have been trying to keep a brave face when it comes to my mother-in-law ... but nothing has changed. It has reached the point that I no longer want to be around her.

“My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.” —Jodi Picoult 30. “Mothers hold their children’s hands for a ...

"I teased my mom if I should sing her lullabies too. Her quiet reply, 'I would love that!' So forehead to forehead, holding hands, in the dark, I sang my mom lullabies until she fell asleep." ...