Single Moms & Christmas

With Christmas just around the corner, I have no doubt there are moms who are already agonizing over a day that is supposed to be a glorious celebration. Although they want to make amazing memories and buy memorable gifts for their children, the lack of child support and the paycheck to paycheck living does not allow for expensive things.

I’ll never forget our first Christmas after my dad left. We were living in a one bedroom apartment above a little garage. My mom got a job and did her best to provide for us. That year was different in so many ways. A new place to live, a new church, a broken family and a small income. I don’t remember going without or not having things, but I do remember the amazing way God gave us Christmas that year.

A man from church pulled up into our little driveway and opened the trunk. He pulled bag after bag from the trunk. The bags were filled with Barbies, a new basketball, and everything you could imagine a child would want to receive on Christmas morning. I remember sitting in the living room watching my mom wipe tears from her eyes as we opened gift after gift.

A few years ago, my husband and I decided to choose a single mom each year and give as much as we could. Some years it’s been a check, other years we’ve unloaded the trunk with toys for each child. I don’t know if our gifts will be enjoyed and played with for years to come, but I pray that there is a child who sees God’s provision as clearly as I did so many years ago.

Would you consider adopting a single mom or dad and blessing them with Christmas this year? Your act of kindness might be remembered for years to come!

If you are a single parent, my prayer is that God would provide abundantly for you this year! I’m sharing this in hopes that someone will be compelled to support you, love your children, and encourage you this Christmas.

That man from church who unloaded the trunk adopted me a few years later. I now call him Dad.

Merry Christmas!

Share this with someone you love!

Love & Blessings,
Micah

Share other ways to provide for those in need in the comments below. Embrace the season of giving and don’t miss an opportunity to be a blessing!

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  1. As a long time single mom of 2 fabulous now young men, I very much appreciate your challenge and encouragement to support the single parents in our community. It’s an often solo Club that few can understand. What a Blessings! Shandra

  2. You have just inspired me and gave idea of how I can make someone else’s Christmas this year thank you Micah! :D

  3. Micah, as a former single mom, thank you for sharing this wonderful post. What a great idea to adopt a single mom, not only for Christmas but all year round. When my ex-husband left me and our son, I was teaching in a Christian school and didn’t earn much money. We had to leave our house and move to an apartment. They wouldn’t allow my son to have his dog, or ride his bike on the apartment property. He had lost so much. I prayed and asked the Lord to show me a way to earn extra income. He did! He gave me the idea to tutor students of all ages after school and during the summers. My income from tutoring was almost as much as I made teaching! Being a single mom is frightening, lonely and often sad. I was fortunate to be blessed with Christian friends, and a wonderful church, which helped so much. Then after being a single mom for seven long years, the Lord brought my precious husband. We have been married for 25 years! God is faithful! Blessings, Bev

    1. I love the beauty in story amidst the difficult. I’m so happy for your 25 years of marriage! How precious. Many blessings this Christmas, Bev!

  4. I love this post but since our congregation has a beloved single DAD I want to encourage everyone to not forget them. It is tough to be a single parent and single moms get more attention and support!

    1. Yes, single dads need support too! I completely agree. I hope the man in your congregation is greatly blessed by your church family this Christmas.

  5. My Mom was widowed. Each Christmas in the many years following our Dad’s passing, our Pastor would privately give my Mom an envelope of cash from an Anonymous donor. Until we were much older, we never realized that it wasn’t MOM who bought our Christmas gifts. It was a real blessing to her to be able to give us kids the feeling that she was taking care of us.

    1. What a wonderful way that God provided! Praise God for a generous, caring Pastor that cared for the fatherless! I have a wonderful story about my childhood Pastor that I think I might share. Thank you for reminding me!

  6. As a single mom of two girls, I think this is such a blessing that you and others do this. After becoming a single mom I started doing the 4 gift Challenge. Something they want, need, can wear, can read. They know each year they will get these 4 gifts and one gift from Santa.

    1. Casey, I love this idea! I have heard it a few times this year and I think it’s a great idea for any family. Thank you for sharing!

  7. Such a great idea. Our church ladies are “adopting” a mum who is getting out of jail around Christmas time. So excited about blessing her mother and her four-year-old daughter. Thanks for putting this challenge out there!

  8. This touched my heart. What a wonderful spirit of giving you have Micah. I’ve recently started babysitting for some families at church and sometimes I’m left wondering how in the world parents survive, but more so, single moms and dads! I hope in the future I can provide the same kind of generosity.

  9. Thanks so much for sharing your story. I had a similar experience growing up. Although I had both parents, they were struggling financially, and we received a huge box with food for the holidays and a few gifts. I remember how special it made our Christmas that year. Through our church, we have adopted families as well and it is such a joy to be able to give back this way by buying gifts that are needed.

  10. Hi Micah, how lovely it must have been for your Mum to see your faces light up whilst opening your unexpected presents that Christmas morning. I do often count my blessings as I am not sure I would survive as a single parent, but I suppose if I ever had to I would, there is no alternative.

    I think your decision to ‘adopt’ a single parent at Christmas is a lovely thing to do and knowing first hand that you’ll be making a family happy, must be priceless.

    xx

  11. Thank you for helping to get the word out about us single moms. I believe the divorced woman of today is equivalent to the widows and orphans of biblical times. Jesus had to remind us not to forget them, because we so easily can. Thank you for echoing His reminder!

  12. Micah, this is a great reminder. I was a single mom for a few years and you are so right, it’s often hard to make ends meet. The holidays can be extra challenging. Thanks for linking up at Mondays @ Soul Survival. Blessings!

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