Tag Archives: Single Mothers

Honoring a Single Mother

Jackie Graduates An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. – Benjamin Franklin Jackie Guillory, a Port Arthur native, deserved a chance. She is a mother of five and grandmother of five. She began taking care of others at the age of twelve when her mother died. Against the odds she managed to get half […]

Why Kids Need Boundaries

I’ve had occasion to think more recently about parents who want to be friends with their children. They don’t want their children to think of them as mean. They take it personally when a preschooler says, “I hate you.”

Solitude and Living Learning Loving

It’s not easy to explain my need for solitude.

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Single Moms Shouldn’t Live with Regret

  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. […]

Happy Mother’s Day – Single Moms

Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the Single Mothers You are my heroes

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Parenting Tip for Single Moms

Parenting Isn’t Easy If you are on a mobile device Click the Title, “Parenting Tip for Single Mom” above.     Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and […]

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I Wonder About Young Girls and Pregnancy

Young Girls & Pregnancy I wonder how many: Young girls area abused in their families of origin Girls lose their sense of self due to lack of love by their own mothers Girls are fooled into sex at a young age by the first boy overloaded with testosterone Girls bring babies into this world thinking/hoping […]

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An Interview with Gail

Gail Cawley Showalter I’ve been on a tour. Not an actual vacation, but a tour of blogs across the country. This opportunity allowed me to share with many about the unique program SMORE for Women provides. The following post is a copy of the interview that appeared on nineteen blogs. The Blog Tour Thank you […]

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Get Started Now

Don’t Put Things Off Gail Cawley Showalter “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” –  John 4:35 Procrastination can destroy your relationships and your life. Do you put things off that […]

Single Mom Questions-Answered by a Tough Old Bird

Gail Cawley Showalter This is the first of our second Thursday Q&A posts. A single mom who is a nutrition specialist, asked, “What does health mean to you?” For me health is more than physical. It is also mental, emotional and spiritual. So health requires lots of balanced beyond a balanced diet. Physical-I recently started […]