Encouraging Single Moms

In May I had the opportunity to help at the a retreat for single moms. These moms come from every walk of life and are single for a wide variety of reasons. Some are rich, some are poor; some are divorced, or widowed, or never married at all. Some have white-collar...

Super (Single) Mom

The sun was beginning to wane in the autumn sky, starting its descent for the day. With dinner behind us, I was ready to sit and visit with the family we had traveled over 600 miles to see. My sister got up from her chair as conversation continued all around, and she...

Why I Attend the Single Moms Retreat

Guest Contributor Carol Battista is the single parent of a son who has a passion for science and loves nature. Carol, her son, and their chihuahua hunker down indoors during the winter months but become more active during the warm weather. Carol is involved in two...

Why I Volunteer at the Single Moms Retreat

I am not a single mom. I wasn’t raised by a single mom. I never really knew very many single moms. And yet when I heard about the single mom’s retreat…  how many women would come, the honesty of the topics the speakers would share about (like abuse,...

Why I Will Not Miss the BTG Free to Fly Conference

I’ve been attending the spring Bridging the Gap “Free to Be” women’s conferences for nine consecutive years (excluding the year I missed because my daughter was a week old). My girlfriends and I drive down from our hometown “up north,” sleep in a hotel room...