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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.

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.

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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 […]

Make This Father’s Day One to Remember

June 18, 2016 · by · in Bonding with Children, children overcoming divorce, Father's Day Grace, making family fun, making memories, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

    Grace on Father’s Day I’m suggesting a bit of grace this Father’s Day. I’m putting this out there for you (moms) to share. Many fathers will have a bittersweet day today. Some say our society has pushed noncustodial fathers aside while picking their pockets. I’m not sure that is an accurate viewpoint, though […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fun Adds Spice to Life

October 4, 2015 · by · in Book for single moms, book for single mothers, Gail Cawley Showalter, Living Learning Loving, making family fun · 1 Comment

LLL Chapter 9 Fun Gives Flavor to Life Living Learning Loving By Gail Cawley Showalter #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 […]