Author Archives: Gail Cawley Showalter
Scholarships and Grants for Women
P.E.O. Provides Scholarships and Grants for Women I’ve been the fortunate recipient of the Program for Continuing Education (P.C.E.) grant and it changed the course of my life. There are many more stories of others like these women who received the P.C.E. Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She […]
Do You Let Others Think for Themselves?
Think For Yourself Taken from Courage to Change published by Al-Anon Family Group Maybe we need many points of view in order to understand life more fully after all, no one person’s view is totally complete. So when my partner, my child, my employer, or friend takes a position unlike my own, I have a […]
First Christmas Without my Kids
My Classic Christmas Story Published on Single Matters Magazine Today Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special education for twenty years she knows a great deal about child development and how […]
How I Learned to See from Blind Children
“Learning with Wisdom Gathered from Others” Chapter 12 Living Learning Loving Gail Cawley Showalter’s new book Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special education for twenty years she knows a great deal […]
Loving the Power of Prayer
Prayer “Loving the Power of Prayer” in Living Learning Loving new book by Gail Cawley Showalter Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special education for twenty years she knows a great […]
Speaker of the House
Speaker of the House True Story I came home from high school one day very enthusiastic after taking my first civics class. At the dinner table I proceeded to announce that I had decided what I wanted to be. “Oh,” said my dad. “And what might that be?” To which I replied with a confident […]
Fun Adds Spice to Life
LLL Chapter 9 Fun Gives Flavor to Life Living Learning Loving By Gail Cawley Showalter #GShowalter_livinglearningloving Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special education for twenty years she knows a great […]
Is Morality a Thing of the Past?
Morality Matters “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” – Unknown #GShowalter_livinglearningloving Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special […]



