Category going to school as single mother
Single Mom Students Succeed
Image via Pexels Guest Column How School Can Equip Single Moms for Business Success Being a stay-at-home mom isn’t easy, and it’s even harder when you’re single. Although you get to experience the joy of spending every day with your child, you have to juggle the dual responsibility of homemaker and breadwinner, and sometimes the pressure […]
Today is Higher Education Day
If you didn’t know it you might think that I think everyone needs a college degree. And you would be wrong. I do not think that. My husband and I together have six grown children and there is almost no higher education among them. They are doing very well.
Get (Back) on Track
It is bound to happen. We find ourself off the track. We’ve lost our bearings and are unsure which way is up.
Why You Should Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
I know from life in the school of hard knocks that in order to make progress and move forward in our lives we must step out of our comfort zone.
ABCs of Wisdom
Continuing even when things get tough is determination. D is for determination.Wisdom doesn’t come easily. It comes over time when you are determined.
Empowered Single Moms
Empowered by Education I’ve created a page on the SMORE page for single moms who are empowered. Each one has her own story. If earning a degree is your goal for the future let’s talk. My goal is to encourage and empower single mothers. I was a single mom of three for sixteen years. It […]
How Single Mothers Can Create a New and Promising Future
Single Moms Can Create a Better Future Over 10 million single mothers in the United States are parents to 20 million children. One-third of them live in poverty. As a life coach I’ve heard a common story repeated all too often. It goes something like this. Nancy, (not a real name), an innocent little […]
Education Builds Self Awareness
Related articles: Education is Key, Baby Steps to College Education opens doors. For me gaining a Master’s Degree was not only an adventure it was a confidence booster of the best kind. I took one step at a time until I found doors opening. I like the illustration of the Israelites carrying the Ark of […]
Why is Education the Key for Single Moms
Notable Alumni of Oxford include:J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Dr. Seuss, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Bobby Jindal Education is Key Related posts: A Skill Will Make Life Easier, Interview with Tanisha, What Do I NOT Regret, a video, Interview with Sheri, Interview with LaTasha, Interview with Kay, SMORE-Single Moms On Road to Education “Education is the […]
Scholarships and Grants for Women
P.E.O. Provides Scholarships and Grants for Women I’ve been the fortunate recipient of the Program for Continuing Education (P.C.E.) grant and it changed the course of my life. There are many more stories of others like these women who received the P.C.E. Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She […]
Gail Cawley Showalter 