In all honesty, there are a million and one ways to show someone you love them, but a single mom shooting for the stars? She’s going to need practical and powerful ways to be loved. Whether you are a friend, neighbor, family member, church or organization, here are 101 ways you can show a single mom you love her by showing up in her life in some very powerful ways.

1. Bring her a coffee
2. Plant her flowers
3. Teach her about Jesus
4. Pay for her college
5. Make room for her and her children at your dinner table
6. Help her think creatively
7. Pay for her littles childcare
8. Show her patience
9. Cover her medical expenses
10. Buy her a car
11. Teach her how to budget
12. Take her out dancing
13. Expect big things from her
14. Buy her a home
15. Buy her school books
16. Buy her groceries for six months
17. Pay her rent through college
18. Help her pay for therapy
19. Help her with Christmas
20. Take her away for the weekend
21. Welcome her to your home on Thanksgiving
22. Let her live with you while she gets on her feet
23. Help her brainstorm solutions
24. Buy her groceries for a year
25. Help her become debt free
26. Help her have a savings account
27. Teach her how to save
28. Love her
29. Show her mercy
30. Forgive her
31. Forgive her again
32. Provide a job with flexibility so she can go to school and take care of her children
33. Hold her accountable
34. Teach her boundaries
35. Give her your time
36. Fix her toilet
37. Hang her pictures
38. Help her move
39. Purchase school supplies for her children
40. Pay her utilities for a year
41. Pay her utilities through college
42. Buy her children school clothes
43. Buy her kids shoes
44. Take her kids to get their hair cut
45. Pay for a babysitter once a month
46. Do her taxes for her
47. Mow her yard for a year
48. Mow her yard for the day
49. Do her laundry
50. Get her hair done for her
51. Fill up her gas tank
52. Take her and her children to church
53. Invite her to church
54. Make space for her at church
55. Make space for her in your heart
56. Buy tires for her car
57. Pay for her car to get repaired
58. Treat her to lunch
59. Show her how to pray
60. Buy her a new wardrobe
61. Buy her a coat
62. Buy her littles diapers for the month
63. Buy her littles diapers for the year
64. Teach her how to write a resume
65. Pay for her internet
66. Buy her a computer
67. Treat her to dinner
68. Bring her family dinner after work
69. Clean her house
70. Wash her dishes
71. Buy her a couch
72. Help her identify career options
73. Help her understand her purpose
74. Take her children to dinner
75. Take her children to breakfast
76. Give her a nice Bible with her name on it
77. Gift her a pedicure
78. Gift her a manicure and a pedicure
79. Get her carpets cleaned
80. Plant her a garden
81. Bring her flowers
82. Teach her how to believe in her ability to succeed
83. Teach her who she is in Jesus
84. Be a mentor to her
85. Grieve with her through her loss
86. Give her hope
87. Inspire her to do big things
88. Lay a foundation for her to grow from
89. Listen to her heart
90. Give her a job after college
91. Buy her a massage
92. Invest in a life coach for her
93. Bake her a birthday cake
94. Bring her chocolates
95. Give her a gift card to her favorite store
96. Invite her to dance in the rain with you
97. Talk about Jesus with her
98. Walk the journey with her on the hardest of days
99. Love her children
100. Tell her she can do all things through Christ who gives her strength

Regardless of your income or the amount of time you have to give, I have just hand-delivered a list of 101 practical and powerful ways you can love a single mom and her family.

Not a single one of these gestures is too big or too small.

Together we can make a difference. Together we can offer hope and love so that no single mom has to do it alone.

’till next time.

Cassie