Tag Archives: Gail Showalter

Scholarships and Grants for Women

P.E.O. Provides Scholarships and Grants for Women I’ve been the fortunate recipient of the Program for Continuing Education (P.C.E.) grant and it changed the course of my life. There are many more stories of others like these women who received the P.C.E.   Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She […]

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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 […]

For the Beauty of the Earth

Hill and vale, tree and flower Lord of all to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. – John Rutter

A Christmas Plan

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 […]

Obstacles to Goals

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”  – Henry Ford #overcomingproblems #goalsetting #singlemoms

10 Tips for How to Make Healthy Lunches for Kids

Back to School….Packing Quick and Healthy Lunchboxes for your Kids by Stephanie Harren CFNS-Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist 409-749-0184 It’s that time of year again.  Summer is over, although it may not feel like it temperature wise.  School is starting soon, for some of my friends started weeks ago, and that means packing the proverbial school lunch. We all […]

How I Learned My Four Year Old Daughter’s Personality Type

Children’s games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play. – Montaigne, Essays Gail Cawley Showalter    Determining your child’s personality type is easier than you think. The last thing most women want to hear when they have a two-and-a-half year old and a thirteen month old is that they are […]

Assistance for Single Moms Who Need to Find Their Strengths

Discover & Live in Your Strengths Gail Cawley Showalter, Founder SMORE for Women Hold these two thoughts in your head at the same time: Think of a personal strength Think about your birth order in your family of origin As you hold these two thoughts consider how your birth order may have influenced your strength […]