The Mother-In-Law Dance
Aug 11–12, 2008 - comment
Today our special guest is Mrs. Annie Chapman, gifted song-writer and author. She has written a book titled, The Mother-in Law Dance: Can Two Women Love the Same Man and Get Along? She joins us today to talk about the fragile relationship that exists between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.
Annie says, “Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are family partners fused together by circumstance and law. To be thrown into a close family relationship without giving consent or being consulted is a daunting challenge…”
“Keeping in mind that parents and their children may have had years in the home to work out the generational twists and turns that divide them, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are expected to be able to immediately accept one another and ‘dance’ in beautiful rhythm even though they barely know one another.” (p 7, 12, 69)
I know the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who have heard this interview now have much to think, and perhaps, to pray about. I also believe that the “men in the middle” will have greater understanding of the difficulty and the grace required to dance this dance.
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