On My Wedding Night, My Father-in-Law Walked Into Our Bedroom With a Pillow—Then I Learned My Husband Had Helped Him Plan It

“When the boys were younger, he started inventing little family customs.”

“Like what?”

“Coins under dinner plates.

Certain colors at baptisms.

Toasts everyone had to repeat.”

“Harmless.”

“Mostly.”

“And when they weren’t?”