Thankful for my IN-LAWS...

So, I'm still behind  in my thankful posts but this one was from Day 5.  I'm thankful for my IN-LAWS!  Yep, you read that right.  I married into a beautiful family.  I have heard horror stories about friends who did not have a good relationship with their in-laws.  They quite frankly couldn't stand each other and family gatherings took all the self-control they could muster to be in the same room with each other.      I am sad that they miss out on the blessings another family can bring.
I knew early on I was dating a man that came from a very gracious family.  I will never forget, there was a time when we had broken up and I was just about as devastated over losing the relationship with his family as I was about losing him.  They have welcomed me as a complete member of their family, not just a partaker in family gatherings.  They have celebrated with me, mourned with me, bragged on me, shopped with me and laughed with me.
Caleb's parents and brother stopped in to see us Sunday afternoon.  I was experiencing a wave of sadness and self-pity that afternoon and Caleb asked if I would rather they all take the kids out that night and give me some time to myself.  Are you kidding?  I assured him it would do my heart good to be loved on by them and I was right.  I am blessed to have a whole other family I love, more brothers, more sisters, adorable nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, a precious grandmother and a beautiful couple who love me like their own.