Question: Regarding harmonious extended family relationships: How do you go about mending a problem (or do you?) between a sister and a wife that was caused by the mother, who naturally is now getting along with both?

Answer: Much in the same way we understand there is nothing we can say to a tornado to make it stop spinning, the same holds true for when and what we should say to people caught in negative states. Usually, if left alone, the storm they are in just fades away because it runs out of mechanical energy. At any rate, accentuate the positive, stay out of the negative.