It's A Single Mom Thing

Send Sherry a Text Message Wait what is that up ahead, ugh oh, it’s the holidays and they are headed your way. Oh, you saw it coming in Sept. at Target, my bad. So, are you ready like Red Rover for them to come over or are you just ready for them to be over? If you feel more like fa, la, la, blah- don’t worry you may just be in some good company, and it may even be those who invited you to their h...

Send Sherry a Text Message So as we get ready in the coming weeks to gather with friends, family, and e-v-e-n extended family, I want us to feast on this. Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.  Proverbs 17:1 NLT The holiday and holy season is a time meant to be filled with cheer,  celebration, joy, and togetherness. However, it can also be a period of st...

Send Sherry a Text Message How many of you listening put your hard-earned dollar, dollar bills in somebody else's pocket based on the label sewn into a pocket, emblazoned on a handbag, or embossed on the side of a fresh pair of kicks? Let's go one step further. How many of you tell your money where to go based on how an ad claims where your life will go if you buy this product?  The US a...

Send Sherry a Text Message Divorce, difficulty, and desperation – this wasn’t a part of the plan when I said, I do . In sickness in health. I do . For richer or poorer. I do . For better or worse. I do . Till separation do us part. I don’t . Hopeless and hurt. I don’t . Financially devastated and a life of loneliness. I don’t I don’t. I DON'T, remember any of that being a part of the plan. SI...

Send Sherry a Text Message What is so significant about being single? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. https://shepherdsvillage.com/podcast IT'S A SINGLE MOM THING CLASS & SUPPORT GROUP:   Save your seat today at shepherdsvillage.com/classes PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SINGLE MOM - If you have been blessed by this podcast, sign up today for The Single Solutions $14....

Send Sherry a Text Message DO YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT AND IT'S NOT WHERE YOU ARE AT? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. https://shepherdsvillage.com/podcast IT'S A SINGLE MOM THING CLASS & SUPPORT GROUP:   Save your seat today at shepherdsvillage.com/classes PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SINGLE MOM - If you have been blessed by this podcast, sign up today for The Si...

Send Sherry a Text Message We’ve all heard the saying, “Home is where your heart is”, right? So, how many of you listening, if I did a drive-by of your home, would I not find you nor your heart there? Would it be at somebody else’s place and space? Would it be busied in a bunch of Bible studies at church? Would it be buzzing around on a date and a dating app? or Would it be doing one more DoorDash...

Send Sherry a Text Message As a single parent do you find that life tends to feel like you are caught between a rock and a hard place?  Not really a comfortable place to be, is it? Especially, if you’ve been there for a long time or, maybe, you recently found yourself there. It is a difficult single situation where you may feel like you are forced into a place of unequal and unpleasant challenges....

Send Sherry a Text Message Whether it’s a relationship, a job, a financial challenge, or even a challenge with your child. You name it, there is always a situation, BUT DO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE AN EXCUSE? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. https://shepherdsvillage.com/podcast IT'S A SINGLE MOM THING CLASS & SUPPORT GROUP:   Save your seat today at shepherdsvilla...

Send Sherry a Text Message So as we approach a new school year, I thought why don’t we talk about the Be’s and the Wanna-be’s?  Oh did you think I was talking about a different bee conversation?  That’s a podcast for another time.  No, I figured now that your kiddos are getting ready to get schooled as they are prepped and primed for their future, I’d ask you what about yours? The be or the wanna-...

Send Sherry a Text Message So it may not be Christmas, at the end of July, but I do think it's. a season where we all need to find joy in our jumbled mess.  The facts are, times are tough, and not one of us is not touched by it in some way. If you’ve recently found yourself in a “single situation,” you may even feel more singled out, but that doesn’t mean you have to “single-handily” go on th...

Send Sherry a Text Message Dating and Relating.  Whew, girl, this is a subject that has been a subject of many questions with single mommas whom I have talked to, who, like me, are looking for love and to be loved.  So I am going to go on record and say, this is a tough subject for me to talk about and one I can’t say I am a dating expert in. More like have experience in.  Yes girl yes, we are in...

Send Sherry a Text Message How many of you spend a lot of time and your dime, trying to be perfect? Whether it’s in your parenting, your relationships, work, your appearance or whatever else you may want to perfect.  How is that going for you? Perfectly?  And how many times have things had to be just that, perfect, before you took the next step, made the next decision, took that job you always wan...

Send Sherry a Text Message Have you ever had those times in life where you felt like you hit rock bottom? Whether it was by way of a simple slip of your foot, a slow fade where you lost your balance falling backwards to the bottom OR even with intention to just go over the edge as the time that seemed like the best option. I’m guessing everybody listening can probably say, yeah, I’ve been there. I...

Send Sherry a Text Message That's so fire.   A lesson learned from 3 curious and courageous solo mommas. He wants to be with you right now, IN THE FIRE, whatever fire you are in.  We all have them. These uncontrolled burns so to speak. Whether the fire started in your childhood when your mom cheated on your dad, someone you dated cheated on you, or you cheated your marriage by ending it too s...

Send Sherry a Text Message Recently, I went on a mission trip to North Dakota.  Yes, North Dakota and not Haiti.  Funny, a local in one of the coffee shops said the same thing. To use her words, and I quote, “There wasn’t anywhere else in the world you could go to, you came to North Dakota?”  Yep for someone that has never traveled outside of the country other than the Bahamas (that really doesn’t...

Send Sherry a Text Message We are all "trying" to  deal with something. A child that has turned its back on God, a family member who can leave their family but not the bottle behind, a bill you have no idea how you are going to pay, a hurt so hard it’s painful to breathe, a job meant for two and now it’s just you - you are dealing with something and it’s stealing something from you. Alth...

Send Sherry a Text Message Whatever brought you to the season and reason you are a single parent, my guess is that something in your relationship was, let's say, out of the norm,  so either one or both of you chose not to "conform" by sticking it out together as a couple and parents under the same roof. SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. https://shepherdsvi...

Send Sherry a Text Message Don't you just HATE IT when you can't get your sneakers off your feet because you did such a good job tying your shoelaces in a double knot? And you did that SO YOUR SHOES WOULD STAY SECURELY ON YOUR FEET!!! How many times, like your shoelaces, have you got yourself worked up in knots from a lie or lies that leave you, unlike your sneakers, feeling insecure? SU...

Send Sherry a Text Message Does parenting on your own leave you feeling exhausted? Burned out? Irritable ... even angry? You could be experiencing the everyday symptoms of single-parent stress. And while it's unavoidable, your need for rest is something you should never ignore—because taking care of yourself is an important part of taking care of your kids. After all, you're the most imp...

Send Sherry a Text Message Change is inevitable when a crisis invades your life. Learning how to respond to what happens to you helps you become resilient. BIBLE REFERENCES: Jeremiah 29:11 SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. https://shepherdsvillage.com/podcast PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SINGLE MOM - If you have been blessed by this podcast, sign-up today with a  monthly gift...

Send Sherry a Text Message As Christians, you know we were extended grace when we didn't deserve it. But, how good are you extending  "even if" the other person, the co-parent, doesn't deserve it? BIBLE REFERENCES: Luke 23:43 SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. https://shepherdsvillage.com/podcast PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SINGLE MOM - If you have been ble...

Send Sherry a Text Message So what do Bio Attachments, Bio Fog, Bio Time, and Step Vision have to do with blending a family? Join us for an in-depth and intimate conversation with Jay and Tammy Daughtry - speakers, authors, and professional co-parenting strategists with Co-Parenting International. WHAT'S NEXT SOLO PARENT CONFERENCE SELECT SERIES PODCAST. REFERENCES: Stepparenting the Grieving...

Send Sherry a Text Message WHAT'S NEXT SOLO PARENT CONFERENCE SELECT SERIES PODCAST. Join us for an in-depth and intimate conversation with Jay and Tammy Daughtry - speakers, authors, and professional co-parenting strategists with Co-Parenting International. Topics discussed in part two of this three-part series: The Business of a Co-Parenting Family Meeting How to Avoid an Unhappy Hand-off C...

Send Sherry a Text Message WHAT'S NEXT SOLO PARENT CONFERENCE SELECT SERIES PODCAST. Join us for an in-depth and intimate conversation with Jay and Tammy Daughtry - speakers, authors, and professional co-parenting strategists with Co-Parenting International. Topics discussed in part one of this three-part series: Their Solo Journey Solo Journey - Different Dynamics Blending Families Dating Ag...