Category Parenting
How Personality Assessments Help the Family
We All Have Personalities For an audio message Click on the above title “How Personality Assessments Help the Family.”
Becoming a Mother
As it appeared in the Beaumont Enterprise, Sunday, May 8, 2011 Child’s Love is the Best Gift on Mother’s Day I raised a girl and two boys as a single mother. We had good days, not so good days and some terrible, no good, very bad days. My daughter, Treva, the only girl and the […]
Parenting Tip for Single Moms
Parenting Isn’t Easy If you are on a mobile device Click the Title, “Parenting Tip for Single Mom” above. Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and […]
Parents Must be the Protectors
Parents Must be Protectors Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a Braille teacher. […]
How Single Parents Raise a Secure Child
To Raise a Secure Child – You Need to Attach When I was raising three kids as a single mother, I was often too exhausted to think straight. I needed direction or a director. Now I’m a tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms, and I learned a few things along the […]
What is Really Important When Raising Kids?
A bite of soul food from Gail, a tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms. Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and special education […]
Courage for Single Moms on 9-11
9-11 This entry is in honor of single mothers everywhere inspired by the single mothers who attend the SMORE Class at Calder Baptist, Beaumont, Texas. COURAGE I didn’t know any victims of 9-11 personally. I met someone months later and she told me of working with Todd Beamer’s sister, who helped established the Todd […]
Our Children Have Unique Personalities-Cherish Each One
Cherish Each Child’s God Given Nature
4 Ways to Create a Happy Home
A Bite of Soul Food from a Tough Bird with a Soft Spot for Single Moms Listen to a brief message from Gail about ways to enjoy life. Related posts: Bonding with Family Fun & Lots of Ideas for Fun with Kids Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University […]
My Dad Taught Me About Priorities – from a Tough Old Bird
Teaching Priorities What my dad told me a valuable way to teach children. Gail Cawley Showalter, Founder SMORE for Women

