We spent a week at an all-inclusive resort to celebrate our anniversary — with our daughter and my mother-in-law

We brought our daughter and my mother-in-law on our anniversary trip.

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As the sun rose over the Caribbean Sea, I stepped out of my beachfront suite and settled into a lounge chair beside my private plunge pool, listening to the waves crash.I snuggled up in my complimentary bathrobe and enjoyed my mandatory morning fuel — a coffee from the in-room Nespresso machine — taking in the calm of the first day of a weeklong vacation celebrating my 40th birthday and fifth wedding anniversary.The views were serene. The atmosphere was peaceful. The company — to some — was unexpected. Next to me, wrapped in a similar bathrobe, sat my mother-in-law.My husband and I wanted to take a trip to celebrate our anniversary, but didn't want to leave our daughter behind

The suite was spacious enough for all of us.

Cher Checchio