When both of our sons started dating, Eric and I would talk about the future daughters-in-law and their families. Since we live in my hometown, several of my sons classmates were children of my classmates. When our younger son brought his date home one night and introduced her, Eric realized that he knew the date's mother. Eric and the mother had both grown up in the same town about 1 mile from each other. They knew mutual friends and relatives. This young lady would become daughter-in-law #1. Daughter-in-law # 2 came a few years later.
We knew that we would be sharing holidays and birthdays with our extended families when both sons were married. We knew that we would be spending time in a hospital one day, waiting on grandchildren to be born. We hoped that our families would be able to laugh together and that we would enjoy spending time with them. That was a huge understatement. We LOVE their families. Some of them are not close enough for us to visit like we wish we could. Hopefully one day they will be. Some of them have been there for us when we were going through hard times.
I hope that when your family starts to grow with in-laws and grandchildren, that you are as fortunate as we were. And I hope that your extended family is as wonderful as ours.
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