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Connections with Others Are Important, Sunday Thought from SMORE
We build too many walls and not enough bridges. – Isaac Newton
New Hopes and Dreams for the Single Mom
“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 […]
Sunday Thought for Single Moms from SMORE
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
Parents-Choose Your Battles
Gail Cawley Showalter My precious little granddaughter was going to be a fashion plate at daycare today. That is until she dug the green rubber boots out of the back corner of her closet. I grabbed her regular shoes and slipped them into the bag going to daycare. Never raised an eyebrow. What difference would […]
Junkfood Really is Junk and Bad for Kids’ Health
Junk Food and Kids: Could It Be Making Childhood Illnesses Worse? We are all familiar nowadays with the fact that we ought to avoid junk food for kids as it tends to have high salt and high fat content. Eve Pierce, health writer, tells us about new research now pointing to the fact that junk […]
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 […]
Parenting When You Don’t Feel Like It
from Aha Parenting – Dr. Laura Markham How To Reconnect with Your Child When You’re Having a Hard Day “Can you give tips on how to stay connected when you feel irritable? I’m not yelling, but I’m not as respectful as I think I should be.” – Katherine “Parents have to be experts at reconnecting.” — […]
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 […]
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