Author: Harlan Covington
Family Ties Its funny how life turns out. It could have all been so different. The neighbour often remarks
Gran, I need to ask you something. I really need some money. A lot, actually. My grandson stopped by
Mum, what are you talking about? How can you say youve got no one to talk to? I call you twice a day
It must have been a good many years past nowhard to say exactlywhen the ring tone on my daughter-in-laws
You arent a wife, youre a housemaid. And you havent any children! Mum, Emilys going to stay here, said
My wifes mother is well-off; well never need to work, my friend once exclaimed with delight.
You really ought to have sorted everything before the baby came! My discharge from the hospital was a
Diary Entry For a long while, I mulled it over and finally made up my mindI would choose my own daughter-in-law
For nearly an hour, I watched the soon-to-be parentsbarely out of sixth formfumble their way through
I lost the will to help my mother-in-law when I found out what she had done. But I can’









