by ben | Jul 10, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Oh yeah, Brenna was furious! No doubt about that. Absolutely amazing how the very air around her sizzled, and at the same time, made every nearby feel like they had just stepped into a sub-Arctic meat freezer. The words blazing from her firepit-mouth could strip a...
by ben | Jul 3, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Ever been looked squarely in the eyes and bluntly told you are a bitter, angry person? Probably not. After all, who in their right mind wants to be within twelve feet of a bear and throw heavy stones at that huge, furious mass of muscle and bone? Nobody wants to face...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jun 19, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Don’t kid yourself. You ain’t ever gonna be that strong, that good, or that important! To anyone in your world. No matter how hard you try, or how great you believe that you are. In fact, that attitude can cause you to wear yourself out trying to be the Grand Man In...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jun 5, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Wisdom
You may have been racing to get out of your marriage. Couldn’t hardly wait until your signature was still wet on that divorce decree. Maybe. Maybe not. Instead, maybe you were one of those spouses who fought desperately to hold on to your marriage, but lost it anyway....
by Andy & Renie Bowman | May 29, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Family, Marriage, Relationships, Wisdom
A heavy angry fist slammed down on the desk. To say the least, anyone near that room would have definitely understood that things were not going well with the owner of that fist. Wouldn’t have to study the scowl on his face, or hear the frustrated cursing that erupted...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | May 22, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Some of us are Planners. Meticulous and rather ridiculous methodical planners, we spend a lot of time laying out our life like a checkerboard square. We know what we will be doing today, this week, next month and exactly where we plan to be on our checkerboard by the...