Each year, our Featured Expert writing team pour their hearts out to offer words of encouragement to single moms across the country. We want to take the time to express how grateful we are to the 2023 Featured Expert writing team who shared their stories with vulnerability, offered practical life advice, and pointed moms back to the One who heals, protects, and provides - God. Thank you. Thank you. Thank YOU for your hard work and for joining the mission to ensure that no single mom walks alone.
As 2023 comes to a close, let's take a moment to highlight some of the amazing articles from our Featured Experts! From dating to finances to parenting to ministry leader tips - they really covered it all!
Battling Loneliness
the loneliness season by karen stubbs
Whatever season of motherhood you’re in, being a mom can often feel lonely. Whether you’re a new mom trying to figure out nursing and nap time or a momma in those busy middle years, driving carpool and juggling work, school, and the demands of home...
5 ways to quench loneliness by courtnaye richard
Having been a single mom, I know exactly where you are. I know precisely what it feels like to struggle with moments of loneliness. It’s that unwanted and uninvited sense of quiet. ...Yet, I want to encourage you to fight for your peace of mind when loneliness strikes your life. Because the war really does start in the mind to disturb your peace.
Finding Joy
stand back up by court rogers
I have to admit, in the past, I’ve felt challenged on every level. Have you been there? Where you feel like you make some ground, just to get knocked down again? If you’re feeling like you’ve been knocked down way too many times to get back up again, I want to encourage you today with some of the things that have helped me to stand back up.
from broken to beautiful by dena johnson
I’ll never forget those days of brokenness, as I wandered in the wilderness of divorce...As God began a work in my life, my perspective began to shift. Slowly, I began to catch a glimpse of a beautiful new future, of a promised land He had for me...
single mom, you are loved by stacey jeannett
Embrace this single truth and your world shifts. It happened for me at the mall. Shoppers with purpose and “significant others” seemed to be all around. Maybe spouses or boyfriends, children, or even friends – it didn’t matter – for me my aloneness seemed magnified. I felt empty, believing I was unwanted and on my own...
the unknown by lekeshia cody
There was something about me that needed everything to work out the way that I had pictured it, the way that I had imagined it would be, the way that I had dreamed it would be, or the way that I hoped it would be. After all, it wasn’t other people that were not keeping their words, it was my plans...
Health & Wealth
10 ways single moms can make extra money this year by katie gibbons
Mom, are you feeling the financial squeeze these days? Chances are you have financial goals that you want to hit this year that may include fitness, relationships, travel, investing, paying an allowance to your children, and the list goes on...
how to lose 100 pounds by dana spencer
I stepped on the scale at 296 pounds and I said to myself, "Dana, you CAN NOT weigh 300 pounds. You just can’t." And so the journey began for me to “try” to get healthier and change my trajectory...
money-saving tips for single moms by michele meza
As a single mom, it’s important to make every dollar count. Now is the perfect time to begin applying some money-saving strategies that can help you stretch your budget further. Here are seven money-saving tips to help you get started...
Parenting Well
a gentle way to find joy with your kids by lisa clark
I’m trying to be gentle with myself and realistic about my life as a single mom. So much has changed for me recently, and launching 3 of my children off into the adult world and out of my home nest, combined with realities of parenting 2 teenagers at home as a solo parent, has felt like a lot of pressure and stress...
for the mothers raising kids without fathers by kia stephens
Courageously taking up the mantle of responsibility, single moms accomplish what must be done. I’ve seen it countless times. Whether it is the mother whose husband suddenly died leaving her with four kids, or the woman with an unfaithful spouse, women are bearing the weight of being a single mom...
5 characteristics of a godly parent by kristy angelee
To parent is a tough job - whether one is a Believer or not. Good parents often question whether they are raising their children in the best manner possible in order for them to grow into successful adults. Here are five traits that will set you and your children on a path to success...
The Life of a Single Mom is a national, faith-based, nonprofit that exists to see that no single mom walks alone. To date, the organization has worked with hundreds of churches to start a single mom’s support group in cities throughout the U.S. and beyond, as well as having served hundreds of thousands of single mothers with a variety of programs. Offering a large array of books, curriculum, training materials, online instructional videos, podcasts, newsletters, life skills education, and more, TLSM is one of the largest single mom organizations in the U.S. The robust selection of single mom programs focus on empowering single moms to grow spiritually, emotionally, financially, and parentally through Single Mom University, Single Moms Across America, the National TLSM Single Moms Conference, boot camps, and a variety of other programs. For more information, visit www.thelifeofasinglemom.com.
