Single Mom’s Spa Day

On Sunday, August 29, Cottonwood Women’s Ministry will host our 5th annual Spa Day for single mothers. This is one of our favorite events every year.

 

We provide a free hair cut and style,

  manicure,  pedicure,

massage, and facial for every single mom who signs up. We serve wonderful refreshments beautifully arranged.

While the single mom’s are treated like princesses, volunteers take care of their children.

  I love this time. I am not good at doing many of the services, so I usually “float”… help wash hair, do a couple of pedicures, but mostly just help the women get from place to place, help serve refreshments, and visit. While I do those things, I hear conversations. A volunteer will be sitting on the floor rubbing lotion on a mom’s feet and just visiting with her, asking questions, showing concern. Another volunteer will be cutting a mom’s hair, working very hard to make it just like she wants it. Another volunteer is going around taking punch to women who are having pedicures, visiting with each one as she does.  We usually have about 15 volunteers, just pouring out love on some weary women. We have had up to 40 single mom’s , some of them lonely and feeling rejected. Many hurting and struggling. None of them would have spent the money to have a special “spa day”.  Every one of them are thrilled and moved by what we are doing. Every one of them feel special and loved, and that is what the day is for.