My mother-in-law constantly demeaned both my mom and our family treasures, yet in the end, she ended up causing her own downfall.
I was raised treasuring our humble family heirlooms—simple keepsakes imbued with decades of love and history—while my mother-in-law, Patricia, constantly derided them. Raised in wealth, Patricia took pride in flaunting her expensive possessions and never missed a chance to remind me of my modest origins, especially since she’d known my mother since childhood. My mother,…