An open letter to my ex mother-in-law this Mother’s Day

Woman Alive editor, Tola-Doll Fisher, writes a tribute to her ex mother-in-law who always showed her love and compassion.

I loved having you as my mother-in-law. All the tropes about how difficult they are and tales of tension between the mother and wife of a man, passed me by. In fact, due to tension with my own mother at the time, the night before the wedding was spent in your home where you prepared my favourite food for supper and made sure I had a stress-free sleep in your guest room so that I was fresh the next morning for the big day.