"There is no such tradition," I said, feeling something cold and absolute settle over me, cutting through my exhaustion with sudden, complete clarity. "I have never once, in my entire life, witnessed my mother require anyone to wash her feet. This isn't tradition, Mom. This is something else entirely."
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My mother's composure cracked slightly. "David, you don't understand the full context here. Claire has been struggling to adjust to the responsibilities of this family, and I was simply trying to help her understand proper respect and humility before she becomes a mother herself."
"By forcing my eight-month pregnant wife onto a hard marble floor," I said, my voice rising despite my effort to remain controlled, "at five in the morning, crying, while you sit comfortably in that chair pointing out imaginary flaws in her technique? That's not teaching humility, Mom. That's cruelty."