Alice in Wonderland thinking

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll Gail Cawley Showalter It is 2014. Can you believe it? Time to review the previous year and make goals for the upcoming one. God willing you will be doing the same in another twelve months. Ask yourself what would […]

Woman with clinched fist, looking up, filled with emotion

Face Your Fear “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”  – Eleanor Roosevelt

Woman praying over clasped hands

Which Voice Do You Hear? Which voice is louder… the still small whisper of God’s voice within your heart or the voice of others around you? We’ve all heard that old saying time and time again, “Mama knows best!”  We’ve also heard that sister or best friend declare what we should do in troublesome situations.  […]

Developing a Vision and a Plan from Stephanie Harren, CFNS  How many times have you picked up a new diet book in hopes that it would solve your body woes? And how many times has that actually worked? Think of plan like a road map. In Fathered by God, John Eldredge states: “The pleasure of […]

Dating do's and dont's

Dating Do’s is a SMORE Theme Gail Cawley Showalter Do you feel lonely?  You may think a relationship will solve your problems. Many single moms jump into another relationship before they have analyzed the problems in the previous one. It is natural to want the love and affection of a man. It is also dangerous […]

Creating Christmas for Your Children Gail Cawley Showalter Related post- Managing Your Money If you are the single head-of-household you know the loneliness that can grip you as the holiday season approaches. Decorations, Christmas tunes, jingle bells, television specials may stir up heartaches of your past. Children on the other hand are filled with eager […]

Mother and Children Enjoying a Fun Moment

Gail Cawley Showalter Sons (and daughters) are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.  Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. – Psalms 127: 3-5 What do you want for your children – to be a doctor, lawyer, or […]

Lonely young woman sitting holding her knees, looking down

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 […]

Women thinking positively

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” –Eleanor Roosevelt Gail Cawley Showalter Let’s talk about ideas. We can talk about the party we went to last weekend. We can talk about how our friends, or enemies, dressed. We can talk about the game and all the plays. We can talk […]

“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul and Sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” -Emily Dickinson