by Renie Bowman | Nov 6, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Remember from your childhood all those stories about that man or woman “who lives right over there?” That person you knew from experience – yours or others – to avoid at all costs. Those stories varied from a witch, to scary dude, to mean as a junk yard...
by Renie Bowman | Oct 23, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Self-Care, Wisdom
Ever created your own mess, and then had to try for a couple of days to find a way out of it? Ending up stressed out, and physically exhausted. Exhaustion then causes you to be mentally hazy, so you don’t think clearly enough to be able to solve your problem. And...
by Renie Bowman | Oct 16, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
A grizzled old man observed with trained eyes and alert ears as the novice young man did his best to hold his own at a table filled with experienced, skillful gamblers and crooked card sharks. Needless to say, things were going from bad to worse. At the end of the...
by Renie Bowman | Oct 2, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Wisdom
Nope, don’t get your dander up (or your hopes up, depending on what you were hoping to read.) I am not going to write about naked bodies and the image that phrase seems to conjure up to people. The focus of this column, the nakedness I am writing about? Your future....
by Renie Bowman | Sep 25, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Two-month-old Lydia suddenly feels uncomfortable, so she begins twisting her little head back and forth, whimpering, and when that doesn’t bring her mom, she begins shifting her body around. According to her beliefs, that lady-in-waiting has only one function in life...
by Renie Bowman | Sep 18, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Wisdom
You’ve surely seen them. The people in your life that rarely look at the glass as half empty. To them, having a half-empty glass just means they can to fill it to the brim with whatever they choose. But to a person who is discouraged, depressed, and feeling...
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