Author Archives: Gail Cawley Showalter
How Personality Assessments Help the Family
We All Have Personalities For an audio message Click on the above title “How Personality Assessments Help the Family.”
Grant for Single Mom Returning to College
Single Moms Can Go To College When I returned to college as a single mother with three young children I received a grant that made it much easier. Now I am able to assist single moms in the application process for the same grant. The grant is one of the programs funded by P.E.O. This […]
Aim for the Bull’s Eye to Reach Your Goal
Set Goals For the Center Point For an audio message Click on the above title, “Aim for the Bull’s Eye to Reach Your Goal.” Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was […]
How Do You Deal with Quiet?
When it all Goes Quiet Shared with permission from Krista Smith I’m not a person who likes quiet. When I went through my divorce the fear of quiet caused me to start a few bad habits. I learned to fall asleep with the TV on. I never wanted to stay home alone so I kept […]
How to Help Your Child Through the Trauma of Divorce
How single parents can be an ’emotional mentor’ to their kids An article by Linda Ranson Jacobs Mentoring children to manage and handle their emotions is something many of us haven’t thought much about before. Most of us assume kids pick up how to display their emotions from their parents. Few people have ever seriously […]
How Single Mothers Can Change Their Lives and Their Future
Single Mothers – Education is Your Answer First appeared in Beaumont Enterprise – Mother’s Day -2015 “What do you intend to do with a degree in theatre?” my dad asked me expecting a serious answer. I did not have the answer he wanted to hear: a practical way to earn a living. His resounding […]
Becoming a Mother
As it appeared in the Beaumont Enterprise, Sunday, May 8, 2011 Child’s Love is the Best Gift on Mother’s Day I raised a girl and two boys as a single mother. We had good days, not so good days and some terrible, no good, very bad days. My daughter, Treva, the only girl and the […]
Parenting Tip for Single Moms
Parenting Isn’t Easy If you are on a mobile device Click the Title, “Parenting Tip for Single Mom” above. Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and […]
Grief Comes
Shared by permission of Krista Smith Loss comes in many forms. It doesn’t have a schedule. It doesn’t have a limit. It just comes whenever and stays as long as it needs. Sometimes it leaves you breathless. Sometimes you want to run. But it always leaves you a different person and it takes a strength […]
2 Tips to Identify Dysfunction in Your Family
Identify Dysfunction If you are on a mobile device click title, “2 Tips to Identify Dysfunction in Your Family” above. Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and […]
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