My mother in law cares about us deeply, no doubt about that. She is a very kind and generous lady. When she gives us things, she gives them in an outrageous amount. Always. Much more than we could possibly need. I don't think she has trouble remembering how she has given to us. God bless her, this 80-something year old lady has a very sharp mind and healthy body.
She likes to give us rice noodles that come in a huge 2.5kg bag. We have never been able to finish up one bag on our own so far. We constantly give some of them away to help reducing the inventory in a speedy manner. This time, we were way behind again. Or maybe the supply just comes too soon. We still had some, despite our efforts to give some away and we got a big bag in December. That has not been used yet and we got another 2.5 kg again after a visit to her house for Chinese New Year today. We now have enough rice noodles or many years to come.
So why don't we say no or tell her that we still have some? Because that has been done it did not work. We failed miserably. Life is a lot simpler with her by taking what she gives. The rice noodles do not cost much, but we know how much the joy that she experiences by giving and we, simply accepting. It is priceless. There it is. Loads of rice noodles!
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