Author Archives: Gail Cawley Showalter
Faith Does Not Know The Future, It Trusts
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 special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a Braille teacher. In 2007 She founded SMORE […]
Single Moms Need a Skill
A Skill Will Make Life Easier Related posts: Tanisha, Donean, Sheri, LaTasha, Kay 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 special education for eighteen years, finishing her […]
How to Know Joy
Joy in the Giving, Not the Gift 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 special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a […]
We are Diverse
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 special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a Braille teacher. In 2007 She founded SMORE for […]
How Lonely are You on Valentine’s Day?
Valentine’s Day Can be Lonely 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 to handle kids. She is […]
Parents Must be the Protectors
Parents Must be Protectors 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 special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a Braille teacher. […]
How to Set Personal Boundaries and Change Your Life Forever
Setting Boundaries Can Change Your Life from message given by Gail Cawley Showalter at the 2014 SMORE Retreat What if I told you – this one topic can change your life forever? Boundaries are the source of many of the difficulties that I notice when I talk with single mothers. Difficulties often start in childhood. […]
How to Be a Super Mom in Little Ways
Little Things Make a Big Impression 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 special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a Braille teacher. In […]
How to Leave Your Past Behind and Start a New Life and Future
Buckner Family Place Buckner Children and Family Services,Inc. Are you a single mom who needs a skill, an education, a college degree? Buckner offers you a way. The Buckner Family Place model devotes itself to protecting children, promoting independence and building strong families through Christ-centered values. Since 1997, Family Place programs have served more than 550 single […]


