Years ago we were close with Garen's sister. So close I even homeschooled her daughter for a few months. Until that fateful weekend we all went away together and The Sister, I'll call her TS for simplicity sake, violently traumatized my young son.
A weekend together at a cabin at Mahoney State Park started off well and ended up something from The Shining. My sister-in-law lost her mind and got incredibly violent with our tiny child. TS picked up my oldest son, 6 years old at the time and physically THREW him onto a bed from the doorway and slammed the door shut. Our son ran to the door and tried to open it, but TS was holding it shut and laughing. Our son began to scream and cry and bang on the door, absolutely terrified, begging to be let out. I was trying to shove TS out of the way so I could rescue my baby, but she was big and brutish and things were escalating quickly. Garen got her away from the door so I could grab Keegan, G grabbed Zade and our bags and we left. Clearly unhinged we decided to not allow her around our children as she was incredibly unsafe.
This worked well for us for decades until my mother-in-law decided she should be allowed to come to Zade's graduation ceremony. But not just that - this was intentionally kept from us so it was an ambush. I was pissed. I had a list of people Zade wanted there and this woman was not on it. He had seen this woman twice in his life and literally doesn't know her. But she "has a connection with Zade and wanted to support him". That comment should have clued me in that more crazy was coming along shortly...
I didn't even try to hide that I was upset. I have done that for years and it serves no-one. As we are leaving she throws a snide remark over her shoulder and I said to her, "I have known you for a long time TS. Your behavior is no surprise to me." She was instantly enraged. She bumped me with her shoulder and hissed in my face, "You don't want to start something with me!" She was spitting in my face she was so close. This is 100 percent true and unfiltered and bizarre and inappropriate and so, so, so cringy! I mean where is the crew of the Real Housewives of Nebraska when you need them?
This was shocking because TS is a SENIOR CITIZEN. This warbling, old woman was trying to engage me in a physical fight in PUBLIC. Garen was alarmed because he knows how violent his sister can be so he grabbed me and Timos and had us leave a different way. Today I'm able to laugh about it, but at the time it was actually quite discombobulating.
Now - after all this happened I still made sure that my mother-in-law got her picture taken with Zade. I made sure to hold her things so she could take pictures. I made sure to take care of her even though she brought all this on by allowing TS to come. I know my m-i-l knows how unstable her daughter is. She had to call CPS on her more than once. So why this lapse in judgement is beyond me.
To recap, I was pissed off! I let it be known it wasn't okay. I was shoulder checked by an old woman. I mean - can you imagine? An OLD WOMAN tried to get me to fight her. There aren't enough laughy face emoji's to cover this one. Weird stuff just happens to us. I am WAY too cute and adorable to be throwing punches with old people in public. Seriouly. You can't make this stuff up!
If you intend on having this blog go anywhere, you need to work on your grammar.