Making Room for Her

Maybe you’re a bride-to-be who is about to gain a mother-in-law. Or perhaps you’re a mother-of-the-groom who is about to gain a daughter-in-law. Or maybe you’ve been in an in-law relationship for decades, one that’s been struggling in painful tension for years. No matter your age or stage, every daughter-in-law and mother-in-law needs help navigating their relationship sometimes.

Whether the struggle is one of feeling unseen, unheard, or unvalued, authors and in-laws Barbara and Stacy Reaoch have been there, and as they’ve put the Bible’s wisdom to practice over the years, they’ve found that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really can thrive in the midst of difficulty.

In this biblical, practical, and heartfelt book, Barbara and Stacy Reaoch share from their own 20 years of forming a mother-in-law/daughter-in-law bond. As you walk alongside them in their own journey and lessons learned, prepare to be encouraged and equipped in these areas:

  • Expectations

  • Conflict

  • Suffering

  • Communication

  • Parenting

  • And more

With the Bible as your foundation and this book as a helpful companion in the journey, take heart: a healthier relationship with your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law is closer than you think!

What People Are Saying

 

Let Stacy and Barbara help you come humbly before Jesus in this trickiest of all in-law relationship dynamics. Stacy and Barbara both have found grace in the balm of Christ, and share from their own hurts and disappointments, and from their healing and hope, for MILs and DILs alike.

— David Mathis,

Senior teacher, desiringGod.org; author, Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines

“It takes courage and compassion to write about in-law relationships, and Stacy and Barbara Reaoch have managed to demonstrate both. As a daughter-in-law and the mother of three teenaged boys, I read Making Room for Her hoping to gain wisdom for both sides of the in-law relationship. I was not disappointed.”

— Megan Hill

Author
Editor, The Gospel Coalition
Pastors’ wife
Mother

“As a young wife in a new season of life, I read Making Room for Her at the perfect time. This book is filled to the brim with biblical wisdom, stories of hope, and a message of grace that will deeply encourage the mothers- and daughters-in-law who read it.”

— Jaquelle Ferris

Author of This Changes Everything, Podcaster-Age of Minority

“The book is stocked with practical wisdom rooted in the Scriptures. This book isn't a moralistic call to virtue but is bathed in the gospel.”

— Tom and Diane Schreiner

Thomas R. Schreiner
James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation
Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary