We have two mothers-in-law traveling together on this trip, but their story is not at all like the TV sit-com from the 1960s called The Mother-In-Laws. These two women call themselves friends.
Jeannie Haukaas (seen on the right in this picture) is a member of First Lutheran in Baudette, Minnesota. Her son Michael married Susan, the daughter of Marilou Bade, a member of Zion Lutheran in Twin Valley, Minnesota. As soon as Jeannie read about this trip to Lutherland, she signed up. Susan told her mom, Marilou, about the trip and that her mother-in-law was going and urged her own mother to sign up.
And so Jeannie and Marilou have come on this trip together, taking this family togetherness further than it has gone in the past. Sharing Thanksgiving dinner and attending concerts and plays — that's what Jeannie and Marilou have done together in the past. Now they are sharing a room and much more as they travel through eastern Germany.
"We sent the kids a post card," Marilou said. Jeannie chimed in, "we added a p.s. — 'we're having a good time and we're plotting against you!'" Maybe this is a bit like that 1960s sit-com after all.
3 comments:
I'm very frightened.
You better be! We are so impressed that you were on the blog.. love from your two favorite people, j& m
Update - We are seminary-bound. Things went very well, though Susan will have fun telling you all the details of what happened. :)
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