Category Dating Do’s

How To Choose Friends

I wonder why some people keep choosing people and places that are not good for them

Do You See Men Clearly?

Some of us tend to wear rose-colored glasses when viewing men. We see the potential, not the reality. If the guy appears to have qualities we are looking for, we may assume he is everything we are looking for.

True Love

Forget the cutesy valentines, hearts, chocolates and flowers!  

Beauty & the Beast dancing

Beauty & The Beast – Fairy Tales We Believe and Teach Our Daughters

Beauty & the Beast I’m rerunning an old post here. I could not let this pass-all this talk about a movie. There should be so much more concern with the fairy tales we tell our children. We talk about wanting our daughters to grow up to be self sufficient. We pretend we want them to […]

Woman about to stomp on frog prince

A Frog is Still a Frog, Not a Prince-Don’t Kiss Him

Don’t Kiss the Frog Related post: How to NOT Date a Loser   Women sometimes learn the hard way, but we learn. We know better than to make the same mistake twice. We know now that a frog may be a toad.   This is No Fairytale Once upon a time in a land far, […]

Bride and groom hands on marriage certificate

Marriage: Optional – Disposable – Re-definable?

What Ever Happened to Marriage? Guest Post by Dennis Franck – Coach, Consultant, Speaker Before 1970, it was called “living in sin” or “shacking up” and was illegal in every state of the union. Today only seven states have laws making unmarried cohabitation illegal, although they rarely enforce it. Cohabitation has sky rocketed since 1990: […]

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Dating Again-from a Man’s Perspective

A Man’s Top Ten List on  by Danny Mason used with permission One of the cool things about writing a blog is that sometimes, people write me back.  Now, it’s not cool when they’re mean, which sometimes happens.  But it is cool when someone writes to tell me that what I’ve written has encouraged them […]

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Tips for Single Moms

  New Ebooklet for Single Moms or moms who are mothering alone You may purchase the Ebook on the SMORE Site for just $5 If you have any difficulty downloading please email – singlemoms@smoreforwomen.org Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after […]

bullseye with dart hitting center of LOVE

True Love May Not Be What You Think

Love Is a Verb Gail Cawley Showalter Related posts: Is It Love? Thoughts on Love & Boundaries At this time of year we think of sweethearts, flowers, candy, cupid, and Valentine’s. We are suckers for the love story in which everyone lives happily ever after. Our little girls dream of being one of the Disney […]

Gail Showalter

An Interview with Gail

Gail Cawley Showalter I’ve been on a tour. Not an actual vacation, but a tour of blogs across the country. This opportunity allowed me to share with many about the unique program SMORE for Women provides. The following post is a copy of the interview that appeared on nineteen blogs. The Blog Tour Thank you […]