by Renie Bowman | May 20, 2026 | Family, Marriage, Relationships
If you are in one, it’s a scary thing. With a lot of anger, defeatism, anxiety, and damaged pride as shipmates. But, maybe you still feel that you would rather patch the holes that are rapidly taking on water, rather than just bailing out. Maybe you feel the kids...
by Renie Bowman | May 13, 2026 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Personal Growth
The office was in its usual Monday morning subdued chaos, nothing new about the muffled exclamations, one-on-one conversations, and general hubbub. But still, there was a decidedly different element in the air. The reason? The new chief-of-staff was beginning his...
by Renie Bowman | May 6, 2026 | Inspiration, Personal Growth, Relationships
You have natural abilities and inclinations. You love doing certain things. That’s normal and good. But what you love in life was never intended to be all that is important in your world. Family, friends, co-workers, church family, strangers, and even...
by Renie Bowman | Apr 29, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Personal Growth
If we are talking about your teeth, yep, that’s true. Just totally ignore them, and you have a pretty quick way to rid yourself of a tiresome repetitive responsibility. “She don’t care about us, and always wishin’ that we weren’t so needy all the time? Oh, yeah, we’re...
by Renie Bowman | Apr 22, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Wisdom
We humans have personality traits, that is readily apparent. And because we all have our own individual and highly weird traits, each of us also have singularly different desires. Desires for things in our life that are driven by our God-given quirks. The athlete,...
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