by Andy & Renie Bowman | Aug 21, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Faith, Family, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
The six-year-old insisted he go with Mom to see Aunt Jeanie. Never having visited a rehab facility before, he was quite excited with the prospect of seeing ‘Aunt J’s new home.’ He had heard his mom talking on the phone about the room where his aunt played with balls...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jul 24, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
Of course you’ve been there many times before. A dead-dark night when you have no electricity for some reason, so you light a candle. And immediately that thing shines like a diamond that has a heavy spotlight six inches from it. No mistaking where it is. If you are...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jun 26, 2024 | Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Losing is not for the faint-hearted. It takes its toll on your mind, your emotions, and your body, no doubt about it. It literally takes a champion at heart to lose, because you have to have a lot of courage to face the battering of your self-esteem. And your...
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 12, 2024 | Faith, Parenting, Relationships, Wisdom
Father’s Day has rolled around again. Hmmm…do I write about the importance of Dad in every kid’s life? Giving every daddy-loved adult who reads this the warm fuzzies as they relive and remember how Dad was present and accounted for, as they grew up? But pour boiling...
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...