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Halfway to Sunday

December 19, 2025 · by · in Gail Cawley Showalter · Leave a comment

Episode Summary Today we’re talking about those moments when life does not go as planned…when the map changes and you’re left starting over. Our guest, Gail Showalter, shares how God met her in ordinary details and how small, faithful steps turned pain into purpose. We’ll talk boundaries that protect your peace, support that steadies your […]

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Books Arrived – all 2000!

October 14, 2025 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, accepting solitude, Author, Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, boundary setting, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, Divorce, divorce recovery, Don't give up, empowerment, Enneagram, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, Job Jump Starts, knowing yourself, learning during solitude, learning from blind students, Learning to Value Morality, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, living with solitude, Loving the Growth, making family fun, ministering to single moms, ministry guide for single moms, morals, Mother Love, nasty people, parents without partners, personality profiles, Prayer is aligning our will with God's, returning to college, Setting Boundaries, Single Mothers, study guide for single moms, value of solitude, what blind kids taught me · Leave a comment

All 2000 of my books were just delivered by UPS.

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Are You True to Yourself?

October 8, 2025 · by · in accepting yourself, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, identify your strengths, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Personal honor, Personality Predicaments, personality profiles, Single Mothers, spiritual growth, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · 1 Comment

The Real You Related posts: Find Your Strengths, Learn to be Self Aware, Know Yourself, Personalities Help the Family-a very brief audio “This above all – To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”– Shakespeare, Hamlet I’ve enjoyed being in […]

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Please Spread fo Single Moms

October 3, 2025 · by · in Gail Cawley Showalter · 1 Comment

I need a favor. Please call Barnes & Noble and ask if they have my book, Living, Learning, Loving. They do not have it on the shelf YET, but your calling could make it happen. Do this for the single moms you know. B&N Beaumont. Texas 409-898-1111 I raised three children as a single mother […]

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I’m taking a pause from memoir

June 15, 2025 · by · in Bonding with Children, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, budgeting as a single mom, church, coping with loneliness, coping with loss of a lover, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, death of a marriage, Divorce, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Religion, Single Mothers · 1 Comment

Announcing a pause to concentrate on book launch

Living Learning Loving book for Single Moms and Others

January 6, 2023 · by · in Gail Cawley Showalter, Living Learning Loving · Leave a comment

“As a woman who has been through a divorce and who parented three children for sixteen years, I have learned a few survival skills in the process and believe life is all about growth and letting experience be one of the best teachers life can offer.” the second edition of Living Learning Loving will be […]

Who Are You?

September 8, 2021 · by · in accepting yourself, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Enneagram, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, loving yourself, overcoming difficulties, overcoming hurtful relationship, overcoming past abuse, personality profiles, raising kids in a crazy world, Single Mothers, spiritual growth, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · Leave a comment

“You have forgotten who you are. Look inside yourself. You are more than what you have become. Remember who you are. Remember. . .”
– Mufasa speaking to Simba

Hiding Is Not Humility-My Own Worst Enemy for Single Moms

January 21, 2019 · by · in Book for single moms, book for single mothers, Divorce, Setting Boundaries, Single Mothers · 3 Comments

by Gail Cawley Showalter, Founder of SMORE for Women from My Own Worst Enemy  by Janet Davis  Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you heard a voice in your head say, “Just who do you think you are?”  And what was your answer? Did you back off? Did you cower? Did you have a […]

Have you been rejected?

March 15, 2017 · by · in accepting others, Caring for others, Christian perspective, courageous living, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, Single Mothers · 6 Comments

Are You Accepted/Rejected? We hold a status in society – married or divorced, stay-at-home mom or working mom, white collar or blue collar, successful or on welfare, home owner or homeless, physically fit or disabled, black or white. If you’ve ever changed from one status to another you may know the sting of judgment that […]

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How to Find Meaning in Your Life

October 10, 2016 · by · in Caring for others, courageous living, Growing spiritually, Single Mothers, spiritual growth · 1 Comment

How to Find Meaning Do you feel that your life has meaning? I hope so. You see, I think every life has meaning, though the meaning varies greatly from person to person. I also believe that it is futile to figure it all out. People seem to like assigning events to God and giving him […]

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