My In-Laws Are Keeping a Life-Altering Secret From My Niece. She’s Catching On to the Truth.

My husband's sister and her husband adopted their 9-year-old daughter, " Lila , shortly after she was born.

Lila is a bright and curious child with a deep love for animals and science.

She devours science books, especially those about genetics, and lately, she's been asking me questions that make my heart stop.

Mother-in-law refused to take Harold to McDonald's after he refused to eat cheeseburger.

Husband asked to set some ground rules for his mother, but he’s afraid of upsetting her.

You’re the twins’ mother, not her, and you call the shots.

She’s been driving me up the wall since we told her she's pregnant, but I'm desperate enough to go for it.

She'll just have to deal with it, he says, but she'll get over it.

If he won’t tell his mother to stop pushing for the name she wants your child to have, you'll have to do it yourself.