Amazing People... Michelle James

I have some pretty AWESOME people in my life. So I thought I would randomly post blogs about them.

First up... My mother in Law..........

Michelle is a very AWESOME and amazing person. I have had the honor of having her in my life for almost 4 years and she has been my Mother in Law for just over 3.......


I was intimidated by her before I met her, mainly because of previous experiences, as well as my own version of stereotyping.

Clay had told me before I met her how awesome and amazing she was and that entire nice mommy spiel. And in my experience this is what you hear from a bone fide momma’s boy. This is never a good thing, because moms of momma’s boys tend to have that “no-one is good enough for my son” mentality. So considering this and where I was in my life at that point. This scenario did NOT bode well for me. Lol
Then I found out that Clays parents lived in St. Charles… So for a South City girl that meant one thing. SNOOOOB…. Then I found out that she had once been a recording artist…… TO me that read as egotistical (seriously how many people who have been signed no matter for how little of a time don’t have ego issues?) Then I found out that Clay’s dad was a retired pastor… And in my experience preachers wife = Holier than thou mentality.



So before I met her, I had her pegged. I knew exactly what I was getting myself into… And it was NOOOT going to be good. Cause my boyfriend’s mother was….. (drum roll please….)


An egotistical, snob with a better than everyone else mentality and even if I had gold streaming from my ears I would NEVER be good enough for her baby………


BOOOOY was I wrong….. Wrong wrong WROOONG


I was ready for the above mentioned person and being used to fake people I was fully ready for her to try to fake it out. So I was not surprised that she seemed nice when I met her…


However it did not take me long to see that I was so far off base. The first time I had dinner with Clay’s parents was awesome. She made an awesome dinner (anyone who knows her knows she is an awesome cook). And she managed to make something with onions in it that I was actually able to eat without consequences. Lol Throughout dinner she and my father in law made jokes about Clay as well as about them… So she pretty much knocked out all of my preconceived notions in one day.


Over the years I have learned a ton of things about her that demolished my pre-conceived notions about her.


She has worked as a caseworker for family services for 14 yrs and has not gotten to the point where she doesn’t care. Her problem has always been she cares too much.


She was a professional singer for awhile but she rarely sings, and never in public, although she did make an exception for Clay and my wedding. It was the BEST gift she could give me. And let me tell you on the rare occasions that I am sitting next to her at church and she REALLY sings… It is quite amazing!!!!


She is a retired preacher’s wife, but she is in no way holier than though. She is very down to earth and she loves people. She is Christian but she does not wrap herself in the piousness of it all.


She is a truly amazing person and I am lucky to have her as my mother in law.