Honesty is the Best Policy?

July 12, 2016 by kendall griffin in Culture, MILO

“Oh look, you have gained weight,” MILO exclaimed.

“Excuuuuseeee me?” I gasped in horror, as my eyes narrowed on my mother-in-law.

Now one would think that based on the extreme altering of my facial features that MILO would have recognized this was not a ‘Harlem Hausfrau-friendly’ topic of conversation and it was time to change the subject at hand – fast. MILO appeared not to read me on this – or did she?

Mother-in-Law-Olga...Better Known as MILO

May 18, 2016 by kendall griffin in MILO, Culture

At 87 years young and sharp as a tack, my Mother-in-Law is without question, a force to be reckoned with. Opinions ohne Ende (without an end) and an array of off-color commentary to match, she is (hard stop) one of the most opinionated (albeit at times brutally so) people I know. Ours is solid relationship, one that comes with an understanding and a level of warmth that five years in still leaves me laughing in disbelief one minute and gritting my teeth the next.