

Hope Grows - Being a Single Mom 5
Previously, we discussed the need for a single parent to change how they think about their circumstances, who is in control, and who...


Hope, the Best of Things - Being a Single Mom 4
Hope is the best of things, it cultivates in our souls a desire to remain steadfast, to hold on, and to endure. As much as this is true,...


Mommy Steps - Being a Single Mom 3
In stating the first need for a single mom to address when contemplating life’s issues is to begin counseling, we are acknowledging the...


Mommy's Hope - Being a Single Mom 2
When life becomes hard and difficult and we don’t know what to do, it is then that we are forced to look to the Lord for hope and...


Mommy Mad Days - Being a Single Mom 1
I love my quiet days a whole lot! I like to get my chores and projects done in my time, undistracted and at a quiet and peaceful moment...


What You Learn from Social Media
Julie: So far, A Surprise has been a space where we shared cool and random topics, but we decided to focus these several weeks on a...


Learning to Submit to God
Sometimes God slows us down to force us to address needed issues in our lives. We need a season of quiet reflection. Possibly He is...


A Gratitude Journal
Do you have down days? Discouraging seasons of life where things don’t appear good and we can find no hope of change ahead? What happens...


Women's Summit
Over three hundred and fifty women gathered last week for an all-day event. The conference facility was expertly decorated – I was very...


Personal Freedom
This morning while at a surgeon’s practice a patient arrived. Four police officers escorted him. He was not handcuffed, nor was he...