Helping You Pivot Through Adversity and the Secret Sauce to Turning it all Around
A Call Into the Wild: Trust God’s Truth to Guide You Through the Wilderness
This is an invitation. A call for those in the wilderness. Trust God's truth to guide you through. As the global health and economic pandemic escalate, so are your concerns about your livelihood and ability to survive this crisis at a time when you were already facing...
Finding Freedom From the Overwhelm of Your Single Motherhood
I set on the foot of the bed, holding my littlest one in one arm and wiping the tears streaming down my face with the other. I set there with little desire to move from the comfort of my bedroom. It was just passed 8 a.m. and my husband stood in the doorway. His blank...
10 Single Mom Steps To Help You Monitor Your Tween and Teens Cell Phone
Because the life of the single mom is already hectic, I've designed a list of 10 Single Mom Steps to Help You Monitor Your Tween and Teens Cell Phone. Time in the world of a single parent is very precious and limited, and how much safer do we feel to be able to...
Dear Single Mom, Parenting (and Co-Parenting) with Crazy Doesn’t Exist
One of the saddest days for me, as a single mom, was the day my daughter saw her father for who he really is. The day she could no longer lie to her heart. The day she called it for what it was. That was almost 6 years ago. That day, life for us didn't get any easier....
4 Steps to Cultivate Contentment
Cultivating Contentment. Can I just start off by saying this has GOT to be a life-long learning lesson that presents unique challenges with every new and old season we encounter. It has proven this way for me and many of my friends. Even those that I think have...
3 Benefits of Applying One of the Best Tools You Will Ever Master as a Single Mom
Boundaries. For some this concept is simple. Easy. A no brainer. They whip these things out like CHUDAN ZUKI — a wild karate chop delivered straight to their opponents gut. You're welcome. For others? It's a disaster. An emotional debacle in it's purest form. I...
10 Triggers That Are Sure to Make Any Single Mom Go Mad
Stretched in too many directions, single moms have got a tall order of hectic on their plate. This plate, full of life's stresses, doesn't actually fill you up, instead, if we're not careful, it will leave a momma hungry — and starved. I can recall a long season of...
Eight Proven Single Mom Strategies That Will Lead You to Success
So often, as a single mom, I was convinced I was standing in the middle of a large lake of quicksand. Regardless of the direction I stepped, it didn't matter. It was as if I were just hanging out in this spot, sinking in the middle of the mess. Getting ahead of...
A Sacred Friendship
The first time I spoke with her was over the phone. She wanted to go to college, and I was working at the University of Phoenix as an enrollment counselor. Her goal was to obtain a degree in art, and because she was in and out of the hospital with ongoing...
Building Adventures Without Regret
"Get your backpack little one and fill it with your favorites," I called from the small open spaced kitchen as I reached into our old green faded fridge to grab fruit snacks consisting of red dye 40, a sugar induced Caprisun and a granola bar — her favorite snacks. ...
Time, Healing the Brokenness of a Single Parent Home
The family unit is everything. It is the heartbeat of our nation. The beauty of our communities and the backbone of our American culture. It is this very vital and precious piece of our country that remains broken at its core. Seeking to heal from an oozing wound that...
The Do’s and Dont’s of Single Parenting Through the Holidays
December 2002 was my first Christmas as a single mom. We had the quaintest two bedroom apartment with hardwood floors. I loved it. It was all ours. Just me and my girl. Safe and far away from angry outburst and late nights brimmed with bitter fights. In...
Encouragement; Permission to Dream
Sometimes we just need to take a break from the grind and hear something encouraging, sweet and deserving. Because who is able to accomplish something great without being encouraged? Few, my friend. Very few. There was a time in my life I was very good at quitting....
Five Reasons Why You May Not Be Convinced About those Weekend Budgeting Plans
In last week's blog post, I talked about why it is few women support one another in managing their finances. I would much rather talk about the heart of the family. The organization of putting a home in order so things can run smooth for you. In doing so I can't leave...
What are You Doing this Weekend?
I ask this question because it came up often when I was a single mom. My daughter and I, being the extroverts we both are, loved to be on the go. Always. Looking back, I wish I would have done things differently, but those thoughts are for another post. Back to our...
We Are Made to Live in Truth
For thousands of years, generations of people have tempted to alter the definition of truth. Live outside of it, challenge it or simply, go against it. Growing up I recall forming my own opinion and believing "truth is relative". My truth, of course, being most...
Single Moms: Three Tale-Tell Signs You’ve Got What it Takes to Master Your Mess
We've all made a mess of things in one way or another. Life can be unpredictable like that. Have you ever sensed the direction you were heading was about to take a significant shift, but you had no clue what that would look like? It's similar to knowing where you are...