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True Love May Not Be What You Think

February 12, 2014 · by · 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 · in Single Mothers · 1 Comment
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New Hopes and Dreams for the Single Mom

December 31, 2013 · by · 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 · 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

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Following the Voice of God

December 22, 2013 · by · in Christian perspective, Restoration, Single Mothers, SMORE for Women · 1 Comment

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.  […]

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What Do You Talk About?

November 13, 2013 · by · in Christian perspective, Personality Predicaments, Restoration, Setting Boundaries, Single Mothers · 1 Comment

“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 […]

Do Not Lose Hope

November 10, 2013 · by · in Bonding with Children, Grieving a Loss · 2 Comments

“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

Do Not Fear

October 13, 2013 · by · in Christian perspective, Restoration, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

  “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” – 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)

Seeing Through “Faith Eyes”

September 25, 2013 · by · in Christian perspective, Parenting, Restoration, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

#faith As we see the shape of our economy, senseless crimes, poverty (not limited to finances), natural disasters and anything else that going on in this world, where does faith fit in? In the SMORE Sunday Group, this Sunday, we will journey through this together and discuss those things we know for sure and how to […]

Single Moms, Move Forward

August 29, 2013 · by · in Christian perspective, Divorce, Grieving a Loss · Leave a comment

TURN THE PAGE Like ink on paper, your past just seems to stare you in the face. “I could have”….”I should have”….”If only”….”What if” They all try to drown out the song of Amazing Grace. You can’t rewrite your story, but God can for His glory. He’s the Author and the Finisher; knows the beginning […]

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