Category Bonding with Family Fun

How to Keep Your Family Active This Season as a Single Parent

July 5, 2017 · by · in Bonding with Family Fun, making family fun, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

It can be difficult – or nearly impossible – to balance your work and home life as a single parent. You work more hours than not. Once you get home, the house needs to be cleaned, the kids need to be fed, the plants need to be watered, and you have to prepare yourself for the next day.

Mom and son in grass

A Thought about Fun from a Seasoned Mama Bird

June 11, 2017 · by · in Bonding with Children, Bonding with Family Fun, Gail Cawley Showalter, how to raise kids, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Single Mothers, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · Leave a comment

Enjoy some time that your child will remember for years to come. It’s a fact we remember times better when we had fun. If you are, like I was, a serious mom or not too good at making time for fun you may need to make a plan. I guarantee it will be worth your effort.

Mother and Children Enjoying a Fun Moment

A Thought from The Tough Old Bird

April 9, 2017 · by · in Bonding with Family Fun, Gail Cawley Showalter, making family fun, Parenting, parenting alone, parenting single, parents without partners, raising kids in a crazy world, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Spring is here and summer is well on its way. Plan something fun with your children. Make a memory.

family fun picture with flip flops

Make a Memory

July 2, 2016 · by · in Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, Gail Cawley Showalter, making family fun, making memories, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Memories with Your Children An excerpt from Chapter 9 “Loving the Fun” in Living Learning Loving Having fun comes more easily for some than others. If you are a natural fun-loving mom, you could probably write this chapter. If you, however, need a few pointers, I hope you will apply these to achieve more fun […]

12 Chapters with Stories for Men as well as Mothers

April 26, 2016 · by · in accepting loss, accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Archer's Press, Author, Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, boundaries are not walls to keep people out, coping with loneliness, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, divorce recovery for the kids, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, Grieving a Loss, Growing spiritually, how do I get out of this hell?, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, learning during solitude, learning during time alone, learning from blind students, Learning to Value Morality, lessons of insight and encouragement, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Living with Grief, Loving the Growth, making family fun, ministering to single moms, ministry guide for single moms, morals, new beginnings, new starts, parenting alone, parenting single, parents without partners, Personality Predicaments, personality profiles, Prayer is aligning our will with God's, Setting Boundaries, single mom raising kids, Single Mothers, SMORE for Women, spiritual growth, study for small groups, study guide for single moms, teaching children with visual Impairments, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms, value of solitude, valuing morality · Leave a comment

Living Learning Loving Lessons & Encouragement on the Path of Motherhood by Gail Cawley Showalter An Amazon review from a male reader: As a middle-aged male engineer fond of biography and military history, I picked up this little gem when my wife bought it for a single mom friend of ours. In truth, I was […]

Tips for Single Moms with Stories from a Tough Old Bird Who has Been There

April 19, 2016 · by · in Accepting change, accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Archer's Press, Author, Being a Christian single, Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, budgeting as a single mom, coping with loneliness, courageous living, Dating Do's, death of a marriage, developing your strengths, Divorce, divorce recovery, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, Grieving a Loss, Growing spiritually, how do I get out of this hell?, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, Job Jump Starts, learning during solitude, learning during time alone, learning from blind students, Learning to Value Morality, lessons of insight and encouragement, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Living with Grief, living with solitude, Loving the Growth, ministering to single moms, ministry guide for single moms, Money Matters, new starts, overcoming loneliness, parenting alone, parents without partners, Personality Predicaments, personality profiles, prayer is, Prayer is aligning our will with God's, Setting Boundaries, Single Matters, single mom study guide, Single Mothers, SMORE for Women, spiritual growth, teaching children with visual Impairments, value of solitude, valuing morality, what blind kids taught me · Leave a comment

Living Learning Loving Insights & Encouragement on the Path of Motherhood by Gail Cawley Showalter What one mom had to say about this book: I can see how you would not want to put this book down and keep reading ahead. The first chapter was amazing and had many good points to it. When it […]

Help for Single Moms

April 5, 2016 · by · in accepting loss, Archer's Press, Author, Bonding with Family Fun, book for single mothers, budgeting as a single mom, courageous living, Dating Do's, dealing with life as single parent, death of a marriage, Divorce, divorce recovery, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, going to school as single mother, Growing spiritually, how do I get out of this hell?, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, Jill Monaco, lessons of insight and encouragement, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, ministry guide for single moms, parents without partners, personality profiles, Prayer is aligning our will with God's, Setting Boundaries, Single Matters, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

A Book for Single Moms Living Learning Loving Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the Path of Motherhood I was interviewed for the online magazine, Single Matters. You may read the interview HERE. Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the […]

New Small Group Study for Women

January 27, 2016 · by · in accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Archer's Press, Author, Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, boundaries are not walls to keep people out, budgeting as a single mom, Christian small groups for single moms, Church Leaders, courageous living, Dating Do's, dealing with life as single parent, death of a marriage, developing your strengths, Divorce, divorce recovery, finances a single mom, Gail Cawley Showalter, going to school as single mother, Grieving a Loss, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, learning during time alone, learning from blind students, Learning to Value Morality, lessons of insight and encouragement, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Living with Grief, living with solitude, lonely, Loving the Growth, making family fun, making the most with what you have, ministry guide for single moms, needing versus wanting, Personality Predicaments, personality profiles, Prayer is aligning our will with God's, raising Godly children, returning to college, Setting Boundaries, Single Matters, single mom study guide, Single Mothers, study for small groups, study guide for single moms, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms, value of solitude · Leave a comment

Small Group Study for Women Living Learning Loving, Lessons and Insights on the Path of Motherhood Videos with Gail introducing each chapter now available on her website 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 […]

Plans for Women in 2016

December 31, 2015 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Archer's Press, Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, boundaries are not walls to keep people out, budgeting as a single mom, Christian small groups for single moms, Christian speaker, Church Leaders, Dating Do's, dealing with life as single parent, developing your strengths, Divorce, divorce recovery, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, going to school as single mother, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, learning during solitude, learning from blind students, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

In 2016 I will share with women from my book, Living Learning Loving. What readers are saying – “I am just one of the lucky women who was told about this group. We love each other so much. There has been laughter and tears. We have all learned so much and are so very blessed! […]

Fun with Kids Makes Memories

October 7, 2015 · by · in Archer's Press, Bonding with Children, Bonding with Family Fun, book for single mothers, Gail Cawley Showalter, making memories · 1 Comment

Making Fun Memories from Living Learning Loving #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 deal about child development and how to handle […]

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