(Minghui.org) I started my cultivation practice of Falun Dafa in 1998. Before cultivating in Dafa, I harbored deep resentment toward my husband’s family, especially my mother-in-law. It was Falun Dafa that resolved my grievances and saved my mother-in-law from life-threatening pneumonia.
My conflicts with my mother-in-law and two sisters-in-law began as soon as I married my husband. My mother-in-law babysat for her daughters, but ignored my child and did not offer us any help. That irritated me so much that I even promised myself that I would no longer have any contact with my husband’s family.
Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, teaches us that relationships between people have karmic ties, and everything happens for a reason. I understood, after I began cultivating in Dafa, the reasons why they treated me that way. I took the initiative to resume interacting with them. Although it was not always easy, I remembered Master’s teachings and thought that perhaps I had harmed my mother-in-law before and needed to repay that debt.
Mother-in-law Survives Pneumonia and a Stroke
My mother-in-law suffered a stroke in 2021, and became paralyzed on one side. After staying at one daughter’s house for a month, my mother-in-law was brought to my home after her discharge from the hospital. I had cared for her in the hospital as well, and continued to take very good care of her at my home. I attended to all of her needs, including cleaning, bathing, and feeding.
In February 2024, after being bedridden for three years, my seventy-nine-year-old mother-in-law had a persistent high fever. We took her to the hospital where an X-ray revealed severe lung congestion, indicating pneumonia, and that her condition was worsening. I immediately suggested she ask Master for help and sincerely recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” She repeated the two auspicious phrases with me. When I needed to go home to take care of my granddaughter, I told my husband to recite the two phrases with her. Ten days later, my mother-in-law was discharged from the hospital, as her condition was no longer life-threatening. Many seniors had died from pneumonia during the pandemic outbreak in China. So it is miraculous that my mother-in-law, incapacitated and in her late 70s, survived this tribulation.
She was still very fragile and required adult diaper changes multiple times a day. It was sad to see a life confined to only the very basics—eating, drinking, excreting, sleeping, and waiting for death. I reminded her to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” whenever she could.
In the past few days, my mother-in-law has been able to sit on the bedside commode for her toileting needs, and sometimes she can even prop herself up with her good hand. Her speech is much clearer. As soon as I told her that it was Master Li who had saved her, she said, “Thank you, Master and Dafa!” When I said, “Falun Dafa is good,” she quickly followed with, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!”
Recently, my mother-in-law asked me how long she could stay at my house. When asked why, she explained that she felt capably cared for at my house and that I treated her very well. She feared that, given how she treated me before, I would not let her stay in my home long-term. I reassured her that she could stay as long as she wanted and that I would always take very good care of her. The grievances that once seemed endless are now gradually dissipating from our hearts.