Scrubbing Away Their Lies

My mother-in-law had extreme OCD about cleanliness.

The very first day I married into the Miller family, she slammed a medical diagnosis down in front of me.

The doctor supposedly said that living in an unclean house would literally kill her.

"The floors must be scrubbed seven times. Skipping even one is like taking a knife to my throat."

"Wash the dishes ten times. If they aren’t spotless, you might as well pick out my casket."

She never lifted a finger around the house. Instead, she wandered around wearing white gloves, running her fingers along every corner, searching for a speck of…