Love Against Resentment: A Tale of a Mother-to-Be and Her Mother-in-Law
“Are you joking? Three children at once? Do you want to ruin my sons life?”
It began with an explosiona sharp voice trembling with fear, but above all, dripping with rejection.
That evening, I returned home shaking. The ultrasound images played in my mind like an unshakable tune: three heartbeats. Three lives. Three miracles.
When I quietly shared the news with Edward, I expected panic. Instead, he held me tightly, his eyes gleaming.
“Three at once Its a blessing, Eleanor!”
I sobbed against his chest. After five long years of treatments, waiting, doubting life had given us three treasures in one stroke.
But one shadow remainedMargaret. His mother. She had never accepted me. To her, I was a mistake, a woman incapable of providing an heir.
The following week, we visited her. Placing a hand on my stomach, she smirked with disdain.
“Still on your fad diets? Youll stay barren, poor thing”
When Edward calmly announced we were expecting triplets, silence fell. Then came the scorn.
“Three? Its madness!”
“Do you mean to shackle my son to a life of drudgery?”
“Those test-tube babies will never be normal!”
I stood, trembling then everything faded.
At the hospital, the verdict was clear: complete rest. Stress could undo everything. Edward vowed to shield meeven from his own mother.
But Margaret returned. Poisoned words, seeded doubts:
“You truly believe theyre yours? Youve been deceived, my boy!”
Finally, Edward snapped.
“Either you respect my family, or youre no longer part of it.”
He shut the door. It never opened for her again.
The pregnancy was grueling, but the children arrivedtwo boys, one girl. Healthy. Swaddled in boundless love.
Margaret never came. She refused to acknowledge “those aberrations.” But our home had no room for bitterness. Only love.
One evening, as I rocked one of the babes, I whispered,
“Even one would have made me happy But three? Its as if life healed every wound at once.”
And Edward murmured back,
“What we have is priceless. No one can ever take it from us.”
