Category Grieving a Loss
Religious Reorientation: a Memoir
“Have I told you today how much I love you?” Bob would say every night as his head hit the pillow. I had to trust him. Trust became more and more difficult as he and Cassie were going to Houston together every day.
What I Now Know Without a Doubt for Mother’s Day
So many resilient women struggle with hard realities: ill children, major and minor disappointments in love, job problems, or no job, or, worse, no job skills.
Hidden Treasures in Being Alone
Being Alone Need Not Be Lonely Most women feel alone from time to time. Single moms often feel lonely. It’s not the dream life. Difficulties and disappointments may be daily events. There are, however, some gems that can be polished when we are alone. I love the quote from Henrietta Mears, “God never put anyone […]
How to Find the ‘Message’ in the Chaos
You may think that there is absolutely nothing good that can come from the chaos you are living.
Grief Interrupts Life
Grief is the Uninvited Guest that Interrupts our Life There are many circumstances that bring grief into our lives. As common as it is for many, including me, grief hits hard and is often more difficult to handle than we expect it to be. I recently lost my dear brother-in-law and though he had lived […]
Living Learning Loving a new book especially for moms who are parenting alone
Living Learning Loving Lessons of Insight & Encouragement on the Path of Motherhood by Gail Cawley Showalter
Grief Comes
Shared by permission of Krista Smith Loss comes in many forms. It doesn’t have a schedule. It doesn’t have a limit. It just comes whenever and stays as long as it needs. Sometimes it leaves you breathless. Sometimes you want to run. But it always leaves you a different person and it takes a strength […]
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 […]
Lessons from Loneliness
Lessons from Loneliness by Nicole Blean exclusively for SMORE http://180degrees4singlemoms.blogspot.com/ For years, I battled with loneliness until one day I realized it’s just logically part of the single mom territory, which helped me to face it head-on instead of allowing feelings of fear or depression to swallow me up each time they hit. Facing […]
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