helping single moms. Who else can better understand us but those who have gone through the same challenges as we have? Some may offer help and encouragement but whatever advice they give will just be theories learned in school. Psychologist,
therapists, counselors will only be putting into words what they’ve heard from their professors and what they've read from books; but single moms who have successfully surpassed the challenge will be able to help better because their words, their wisdom is coming from experience.
Likewise, women helping women will be more effective because women are, by nature, nurturers. We instinctively nourish and nurture people we are in contact with. We are more relational; we invest in time to talk, to listen, and be with the person we are helping. Women relate not just to the person with problem but to her entire family and community. Women are intentional in developing their relationships with other women. As such they create more love, guidance and support for each other.
While logic may be used by other support groups and the opposite sex, women would always know how to respond to a woman’s wounded heart. They have the patience to just listen and keep listening even when the stories they hear are almost the same. A woman is not ashamed to show emotions. Women would cry
together. While other people may be oblivious to the seriousness of a single mom’s pain, single mothers are not. Just by the look on the face, the eyes and the sound of their voice, a single mom would know what the other woman is feeling and experiencing.
When women bond together and form a community, the achievements that follow is enormous. The impact of the community of women helping women extends beyond their group. When women bond together their creativity, imagination, increased strength and capability results to activities that impact society, the country and the world. When women bond together they achieve more than they ever imagined possible.
As the Bible speaks of older women teaching younger women, single moms can better help the women who have just began their journey as single moms. Women understand women better; single moms understand single moms better. When women help, teach, encourage, and pray for each other they enrich their lives with relationships that feed their souls. They find friendship and encouragement. They find someone who believes in them and will invest in them to help them rise above their challenges and make a mark in the world.
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