RUTH: A MODEL DAUGHTER IN-LAW
Even though these were Moabitess women whom we could reckon are without the solid knowledge of the God of Israel, Naomi testified of them: “…the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.” Ruth 1:8. In other words, Ruth...
NAOMI: A MODEL MOTHER-IN-LAW
In our own days, the few who have had to live together with their mothers-in-law are usually only able to do so together with their husbands who act as stabilisers between their wives and their mothers from time to time. The phenomenon of a wife wanting to continue to...
MOTHER-IN-WAR
I had the opportunity once to sit with my grandmother who narrated to me the sour experiences of living with her mother-in-law and all her husband’s siblings in the same house for close to two decades. That was a time when by the Yoruba culture, she could not...
ONE BIG FAMILY
Have you ever come across those extended families where during Christmas everyone looks forward to going home with their spouses and children? I know one. It’s a ritual. The grandparents live here in the Southwest. At least one of the children live in as far as...
