From One Single Mother to Another
May 10–11, 2007 - comments: 1
It was God’s original intent for children to be reared in a loving, secure home with a father and a mother-a team- to nurture and to protect them. But since we live in an imperfect world, and since we have to deal with the results of disease, death, and even divorce, all too often a woman finds herself raising children alone. Single mothers have their own set of challenges, struggles and heartaches. No one knows this better than today’s guest, Mrs. Sandra Aldrich.
A single mom herself, after the death of her husband, Sandra knows what it takes to survive as a single mother today. She has chronicled her experiences in a book titled, From One Single Mother to Another: Advice and Encouragement from Someone Who’s Been There. Sandra is President and CEO of Bold Words, Inc and is an author, a speaker , and former editor of the Focus on the Family Magazine. She joins us today to share with us how the Scriptures were her source of strength as she suddenly found herself a widow and a single mother of two young children.
The US Census Bureau tells us that there are 9.8 million single mothers in America. This growing sorority of women faces challenges and struggles that those from two-parent families may never understand. That’s why it is so important for single moms to hear a word of encouragement from someone who does understand.
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1 On May 13th, 2007, at 4:06pm, Betty Wright wrote:
As I listened to the broadcast, I was so grateful for those who stepped up and took action when my Dad died. I was ten, my sister who is retarded was 14. My mother was 50. I am sure it was a challenge to her. There were families who included me in so many of their activities. One couple with no children just made sure I had every thing I needed. There were a couple of men in the neighborhood who would spend time at the kitchen table talking with my mother—that meant a lot seeing her interact with them. She would have never thought about remarrying, yet she needed the interaction with men. The families at church were always on top of things. When my mother had cancer several years later, the support group was still there. I am so blessed to have had these people around loving me. The one thing that I did not hear was anyone talking about my Daddy. I still at age 59 ask people who knew my Dad to tell me what they knew.
Thank you for interviewing Sandra!
Betty Wright