Dear MIMSters: My Widowed Sister-In Law Is Treading On Dangerous Grounds

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My widowed sister-in law is treading on dangerous grounds and I am not sure I am the right person to call her to order but my niece and nephew are banking on me to set their mother straight.

I am the only surviving sibling of her late husband- my elder brother who passed away about 15-years ago. Their children were both under six years when their father died.

We grew up as orphans so it was devastating for me to lose my siblings too. Our uncles from our mother’s side immediately swung into action and took all my brother possessed away from his wife. She didn’t fight them but relocated back to her home town. That way, I lost touch with them for many years until about 5 years ago when she returned to Lagos.

I made efforts to know where she was relocating to but she told me point blank to stay away from her and her children. As painful as it was, I had to respect her wishes.

She contacted me when they returned to Lagos and we picked our relationship up again. All the years she ostracized herself and the children from me,I never stopped praying for them. I actually created a journal where I kept their pictures in and prayed over it every day.

Now that they are back to Lagos, the children from time to time, come over to spend time with me. She did a good job raising them and there isn’t anything they do that is not common to an average teenager or a young adult. I found out that they had a good relationship with their mother until recently when he came into their lives…

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