The Mother-In-Law Dance
with Annie Chapman
Google mother-in-law jokes and you can take your pick of numerous sites that offer laughter at the expense of the mother-in-law. Becoming a mother-in-law after pouring your life into your son might be one of the most difficult challenges some women face. Perhaps family conflict is one of the hardest places to experience help and hope. This conversation between Annie Chapman and Sharon Betters will help guide daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law through the sometimes difficult maze of “sharing” a man. Annie Chapman is the author of The Mother-In-Law Dance and knows from experience how challenging it can be to get along with your mother-in-law. She also has married sons so she brings great wisdom on family relationships that might be just what you need to find a bridge into your “in-law’s” heart or build an even stronger relationship. Can two women love the same man and still get along? Annie says yes! And she offers sound advice for those times when only one party wants to have that friendship.
Biography of Annie Chapman
Raised by her hard working parents, Annie grew up on a dairy farm in West Virginia. She went on to attend Moody Bible Institute in Chicago where she studied music and home missions. In 1975, Annie married her friend and fellow West Virginian, Steve Chapman. Their mutual love of music that began in high school eventually led them to working together as a duet and they’ve done so since 1980.
With the family as the main focus in their songs, Steve & Annie have recorded over 25 albums as well as written as many books. Their children, Nathan and Heidi, met their spouses while in college and have provided the Chapmans with six grandkids. All the families now live in the Nashville, TN area.
Having a wealth of insight into the challenges of being a wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother, Annie brings to the platform an ability to encourage and motivate women of all ages.
Using solid biblical teaching, personal experience, and heart-warming music, Annie’s presentation is refreshing to the soul and a blessing to the spirit. Some of the important topics she addresses include…
· understanding how to gain a balance in the varied roles of womanhood
· how to gain and keep control over anger
· how a wife can help her husband know what she wants
· how a woman can “take her life back one thought at a time!”
· why and how to handle the often delicate relationship with a daughter-in-law
· how to effectively and powerfully pray for grandchildren as well as build good and lasting memories with them
