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Do You Want Clarity? Surrender

April 27, 2014 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Restoration · Leave a comment

Remain Steady in Your Faith, Sunday Verse from SMORE

March 2, 2014 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Christian perspective · 1 Comment

If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.For let not that man […]

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True Love May Not Be What You Think

February 12, 2014 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Dating Do's · 2 Comments

Love Is a Verb Gail Cawley Showalter Related posts: Is It Love? Thoughts on Love & Boundaries At this time of year we think of sweethearts, flowers, candy, cupid, and Valentine’s. We are suckers for the love story in which everyone lives happily ever after. Our little girls dream of being one of the Disney […]

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What Do You Do for Friends in Distress?

January 26, 2014 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Single Mothers · 1 Comment

New Hopes and Dreams for the Single Mom

December 31, 2013 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Bonding with Children, Bonding with Family Fun, Divorce, Job Jump Starts, Money Matters, Parenting, Restoration, Setting Boundaries · 2 Comments

“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 […]

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Sunday Thought for Single Moms from SMORE

December 29, 2013 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Restoration, Setting Boundaries, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

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

Dating as a Single Mom

December 6, 2013 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Dating Do's, Divorce, Single Mothers · 2 Comments

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 […]

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Lessons from Loneliness

November 22, 2013 · by Gail Cawley Showalter · in Divorce, Grieving a Loss, Restoration, Single Mothers · 2 Comments

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 […]