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 the journey of solo parenting - no matter how tough times are or big your jumbled mess is. So at this m...
Jul 31, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 24
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 the same boat and so before we launch we need to remember who is also in this boat with us. Now, If you...
Jul 23, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 23
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 wanted, opened that business, talked to that person you’ve been meaning to talk to, taken that trip you’v...
Jul 17, 2023•9 min•Season 3Ep. 22
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 even have the scars to prove it. Maybe you are even there now as you sit at the bottom in this cold...
Jun 26, 2023•17 min•Season 3Ep. 21
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 soon. We all have them. Someone told you were stupid, you are not enough. I don’t love you anymore. I’m ...
Jun 18, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 20
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 count in my opinion) God sent me to North Dakota for my first mission trip. So why North Dakota? Why s...
Jun 11, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 19
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. Although the aforementioned single situations are different they are all the same, putting us all in the ...
Jun 05, 2023•7 min•Season 3Ep. 18
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://shepherdsvillage.com/podcast PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SINGLE MOM - If you have been blessed by this podcast, sign-...
May 15, 2023•10 min•Season 3Ep. 17
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? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. https://shepherdsvillage.com/podcast PASS...
May 08, 2023•11 min•Season 3Ep. 16
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 important person in their lives. And if you're not 100, you can't give them 100 of what they ...
Apr 30, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 15
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 of $ 3-month click here. NEED PRAYER: Call 855-822-PRAY or click here . INFORMATION & INSPIRATION...
Apr 16, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 14
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 blessed by this podcast, sign-up today with a monthly gift of $ 3-month click here. NEED PRAYER: Call 85...
Apr 09, 2023•13 min•Season 3Ep. 13
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 Child AppClose.com OurFamilyWizard.com MEET OUR GUESTS: Co-Parenting International SUBSCRIBE to thi...
Apr 03, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 12
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 Compartmentalizing Co-Parenting 10-Things Kids Wish They Could Say to Their Parents About Divorce Fiv...
Mar 29, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 11
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 Again and Co-Parenting Relationships The Business of Being a Co-Parent TEAMM (Yes, spelled correctly) ...
Mar 23, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send Sherry a Text Message As a single parent, how often do you feel like you are running on empty? Every day when you get up, it’s go, go, go and you just go until your light goes out. From school to daycare to work to after-school activities, homework, dinner, dishes, laundry, bathtime, storytime, bedtime, and maybe some you time. And that’s IF you didn’t fall asleep while putting your babies to bed. Now for some peeps, it doesn’t stop there. After your kids go to bed, you go to work on either...
Mar 06, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send Sherry a Text Message Have you ever thought about solo parenting as a service? If you are a Christian solo parent listening to this podcast, trust me, you are in service the question is to whom are you in service? Is it too self or self-less? I bet you never thought about single parenting that way, maybe because quite honestly you don’t have time to think as you are always just doing or responding to what someone else is doing. But what are you doing and have you thought about the way in wh...
Feb 27, 2023•11 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send Sherry a Text Message As a single parent, you are pulling double duty, wearing many hats, keeping many balls up in the air, spinning many plates, and wearing both the pants and the skirt of the family. Forget about personal pronouns, YOU ARE pronounced both the male and the female of your household because you hold it all together. Unlike the first time your baby was placed in your arms and in a flip of a switch you just kind of figured out or assumed your mom's role, the role of becom...
Feb 20, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send Sherry a Text Message Are you just coming out of a divorce, a bad breakup, or just losing your spouse? Does your heart hurt, ache and break for what is now gone? Do you obsess and stress thinking about how can I get that person back? If I just had done this. I had only said this. If only I gave in to that, maybe I wouldn’t be alone and alone with all the thoughts of the other person. If you find yourself having any of those very thoughts or even something different if I could give you any a...
Feb 13, 2023•10 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send Sherry a Text Message Have you ever asked yourself, what am I waiting for? So to be clear here, I am not saying sit on the side of the road and wait for the next bus to go by. I am talking about actively waiting WHILE you are dating, even if you are just dating God or yourself in this solo season. There is still work to be done while you are waiting. So to go back to the question I asked of you earlier, what are you waiting for? Do you even know? As a solo parent and a single woman, who nev...
Feb 06, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send Sherry a Text Message We all have lots to say right? Whether it's via text, email, in-person communications, or even on the phone. Whaaaaat talking on the phone, who does that any more? Lol, right. In fact, research shows that the average person speaks 7,000 words a day with many speaking more than that. Meaning we women, speak on average 13,000 more words to be precise. Ladies, the next time a man in your life complains you talk too much, silence him with science. Tell him - at length...
Jan 30, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send Sherry a Text Message As women, I tend to think we like to overthink just about everything. We think so much sometimes, I think we even think for others. You know, what people should do or exactly how they should do it. So what do you think is behind all this overthinking? What I have discovered, when I catch my train of derailed thoughts, is that there is usually a high-value outcome that I want and/or am trying to make happen and my” perceived” worth is determined by it. My desired outcom...
Jan 23, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send Sherry a Text Message As a solo parent do you ever think to yourself, “How did I end up here?” All of the sudden, the trajectory of your life, changed. You feel directionless, out of sorts, like you are broken down on the side of the road. You may not even know where you are. The landscape is so different. It’s dry, barren, quiet, and quite eerie at times. You feel lost, left out, and uncertain of your future and it’s not just your future, but your kiddos, too. In this episode, learn how th...
Jan 16, 2023•13 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send Sherry a Text Message What’s next? Not to be confused with what’s your new year's resolution, but what’s next for you in this season as a solo? That’s a question that deserves some dedicated time to think about. Being a single mom or dad, flying solo as a parent may be for many seasons. For some, it may be a few. But what you do during this season, if you tend to your garden mind you, you will reap a bountiful harvest for both you and your kiddo's future. Think of "what’s nex...
Jan 09, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send Sherry a Text Message So I have a question to ask you If you, could be a kid again this Christmas, what would you do? Would you unwrap the day differently? Would you sing more fa la la’s? Would you eat more cookies? Where is your PJ’s all day (oh wait, some of ya’ll still do that) Would you leave some hairs out of place? Worry less and play more? Would you choose joy over jolly? Listen, this season is certainly full of jolly, you hear it in all the songs, read it in the cards, and watch it ...
Dec 20, 2022•10 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Send Sherry a Text Message Home alone this holiday season? Afraid of being left behind? Waking up to an empty house? Feeling forgotten, or fear the silent night will come to steal your joy, unlike the robbers who came to steal toys in the movie Home Alone? Has this maybe created a holiday hang-up? The holidays can certainly send a solo parent on a trip they didn’t plan on taking this holiday season - feeling fear, frazzled, and forgotten. Unlike the movie, yours is based on a true story. Your st...
Dec 12, 2022•11 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Send Sherry a Text Message Kids want to unwrap waaaay more than just traditional baby dolls, toy cars, or trains this Christmas. Am I right? So what about you? That’s right you!!! What do you want to unwrap this Christmas? Do you think it’s silly or selfish to think of yourself cuz, what, you are supposed to be playing elf? Do you think as a solo parent by way of a divorce, that you got what you deserve this Christmas? Heartache, hurt, loneliness, or even debt that you can’t pay back. Are you ho...
Dec 05, 2022•8 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Send Sherry a Text Message Ready or not, here come the holidays!!!! Or as I like to say, the holiDAZE. Four weeks of school functions, holiday parties, Christmas musicals, tree lightings, baking, decorating, shopping, wrapping, menu prep, AND your kiddos “must haves”. Four weeks of complete chaos, 28 days you don’t get back, and one major holidaze. The holidays can create a set of unique anxieties and inner conflicts that are as common as Christmas carols in this season and a reason why many sin...
Nov 28, 2022•10 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Send Sherry a Text Message If you are raising teenagers, even three-year-olds, you got some TUDE going on up in your house!!! Am I right? Tude is rude and not allowed in my house, BUT is it ok for me to do it up in HIS house? How many times do you go to church with some TUDE when... He hasn't answered your prayer yet? He hasn't answered your prayer yet? When the blessing hasn't come to the brokenness? Tude or Not Tude? Gratitude, That is the Question. PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SINGLE...
Nov 14, 2022•8 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Send Sherry a Text Message As a solo parent, do you often times feel like you are always wading and waiting on something that may or may not be within your realm of control? Have you been waiting a long time or at least it seems that way? Don't give up! Don't walk away! Learn how you can wade in the wait. Show Resources: Bible References: John 5:2-9 KJV PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SINGLE MOM - If you have been blessed by this podcast, sign-up today with a monthly gift of $ 3-month click her...
Nov 07, 2022•8 min•Season 2Ep. 40
