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Parenting a Child Not Like You

June 27, 2025 · by · in accepting others, how to raise kids, Personality Predicaments, personality profiles, raising kids in a crazy world, single mom raising kids, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Parents and their children do not necessarily have the same personalities. Our inborn natures make us each unique and yet similar.

Who Are You?

September 8, 2021 · by · in accepting yourself, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Enneagram, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, loving yourself, overcoming difficulties, overcoming hurtful relationship, overcoming past abuse, personality profiles, raising kids in a crazy world, Single Mothers, spiritual growth, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · Leave a comment

“You have forgotten who you are. Look inside yourself. You are more than what you have become. Remember who you are. Remember. . .”
– Mufasa speaking to Simba

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Why Teach Children Responsibility

February 4, 2019 · by · in Gail Cawley Showalter, Parenting, parenting single, parents without partners, raising Christian children, raising Godly children, raising kids in a crazy world, single mom raising kids · 1 Comment

Once in a while I notice parents who have their priorities in order and their children are examples of what we all ought to be doing. Parenting doesn’t provide instant results. Though we must wait many long years before the final outcome, the wait is worth the effort.

Who Are You?

May 23, 2016 · by · in accepting yourself, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Enneagram, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, loving yourself, overcoming difficulties, overcoming hurtful relationship, overcoming past abuse, personality profiles, raising kids in a crazy world, Single Mothers, spiritual growth, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · 5 Comments

Do You Remember Who You Are? Related posts: Journey to Self, Am I Strong or Weak?, Who Am I? We saw The Lion King last night at the Lyceum Theatre in London. Magnificent! I admit I’d forgotten so many of the meaningful lines in the story. The one that lingers in my mind for the […]

Is Morality a Thing of the Past?

September 27, 2015 · by · in Gail Cawley Showalter, Living Learning Loving, morals, raising Christian children, raising kids in a crazy world, ten commandments, valuing morality · 2 Comments

Morality Matters “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.”  – Unknown #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 […]