Author Archives: Gail Cawley Showalter

Alice with Mad Hatter

Are You Confused and Living in Wonderland?

Alice was confused. Are you? God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.- I Corinthians 14:33 KJV Graphic Layout by Laurie Harris, SMORE Board Member

Black woman contemplating

Can You “Let It Go?”

  Is the Grass Always Greener? I recently sat in on the last two sessions of a women’s Bible study which were focused on a book called “Let It Go” by Karen Ehman (http://www.karenehman.com/about-karen/). I haven’t read the book, but I hope to since what I heard from Karen’s video in those two study sessions […]

GROW with white chalk on blackboard

Transform Your Life

To Transform Your Life Growth is Required One of my favorite quotes is, “God never put anyone in a place too small to grow,” by Henrietta Mears. I believe all of life is about growth whether we realize it or not, whether we like it or not, and whether we do anything about it or […]

Statue of Liberty

One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All

Graduate holding books

Southeast Texas Scholarship Available

Do You Qualify for Grant? I’m looking for just the right female candidate in southeast Texas for a particular grant. Do you meet these qualifications? Enrolled and within 24 months of graduating college Out of school for continuous 24 months prior to starting back to college In financial need for tuition and childcare while in […]

African American graduate in blue gown

Graduation Time Again-Would You Like to Receive a Diploma?

  Related posts: Baby Steps You Can Graduate Again It’s that time of year again. Students are finishing a degree after many long years of study and hard, very hard work. Single mothers who return to school, whether for a four year or two year degree or another certification have made more than the customary […]

Lady looking out onto ocean

Discover Personal Strength in Solitude

Are you Lonely? Related posts: Lessons from Loneliness, Creativity in Solitude There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Single mothers often experience acute loneliness. Lonely when they wake up in the morning. Lonely when they see other couples so happy together. Lonely when making decisions for the household. Lonely when climbing into […]

God Above All Else

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. – Psalms 36:6

For the Beauty of the Earth

Hill and vale, tree and flower Lord of all to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. – John Rutter

Sand Pipers on the Shore

Are you running down the edges of life?

Are You Living Like a Sandpiper? All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper-just running down the edges of different countries and continents, “looking for something.”  – Elizabeth Bishop