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Amazing Grace of Aloneness

April 29, 2016 · by · in accepting loss, accepting solitude, Being a Christian single, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, coping with loneliness, coping with loss of a lover, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Grieving a Loss, how do I make it through a divorce, Jill Monaco, learning during solitude, learning during time alone, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, parenting alone, parents without partners, Single Matters, Single Mothers, SMORE for Women, value of solitude · Leave a comment

Being Alone Can be Amazing When I was born, my siblings were eight, twelve, and sixteen—much too old to want to play with me. I spent my early years entertaining myself. I spent many hours in solitude. Later in life after a divorce, with three young children, I craved that time alone. And then I […]

Lonely or Just Alone?

April 22, 2016 · by · in accepting solitude, Gail Cawley Showalter, living with solitude, lonely, Single Matters, Single Mothers, solitude, value of solitude · 2 Comments

Are You Lonely or Just Alone? From Single Matters online magazine “Instead of viewing aloneness as a shameful condition to cure, think of it as one of freedom and opportunity.”  – Lauren Mackler, Soulmate Being alone is not the same as being lonely. Though some resist being alone, it doesn’t have to be that way. Solitude […]

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Single Moms Shouldn’t Live with Regret

April 15, 2016 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Being a Christian single, coping with loneliness, coping with loss of a lover, dealing with life as single parent, Single Matters, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

  Single Moms, I hope you are not living with regret. I believe that regret is an awful feeing that only brings us down, never up. If you’ve lived-you have regret. Be honest, we all do. Some may seem more significant than others. All regret, however, brings with it a sense of guilt or shame. […]

First Christmas Without my Kids

December 19, 2015 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, Christian perspective, coping with loss of a lover, dealing with life as single parent, death of a marriage, Divorce, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, making the most with what you have, overcoming difficulties, Single Matters, Single Mothers, site for Christian singles, SMORE for Women · Leave a comment

My Classic Christmas Story Published on Single Matters Magazine Today 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 deal about child development and how […]