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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Valentine’s Day as Single Mom

Single Moms can make Valentine’s Day Memories Check out Gail’s article in Single Matters magazine HERE

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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]