So, from previous posts, you may know that I have a good husband with the mother-in-law from hell. They run a family business together that was started by my husband's parents in 1979. I've complained and whined alot about my mother-in-law and my hubby's inability to stand up to her.

My husband came home Saturday night after being gone for 8 days on chaperoning our church's HS youth group on a mission's trip. Without a word from me about it, he announces he's given himself 1 year to turn the business around and get his mom out of the office (meaning she retires or works part time from home). I'm shocked, but very relieved. This morning when his mom started chewing him out about me (she's mad because he told me to do some tasks in his absence; I refused to apologize when she complained about it and told her she could take it up with her son when he called; when he called, she slammed the phone down on him; he tried to talk to her again the next day and she slammed the phone down on him again), he informed her if you don't have any more respect than that for my wife, you can consider this my 1 year resignation. He then left her office. I don't know what the future holds, but I can tell you for the first time in a long time I feel protected and safe. I know whatever comes in the next year won't matter because my husband has just proven his family is important.