by Andy & Renie Bowman | Nov 26, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Family
Grandma Gertie is more than ready for Thanksgiving Day to arrive. For the first time in seventeen years, she is going to have her entire family home for Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone has painstakingly arranged their holiday schedules to be able be together at...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Sep 3, 2025 | Family, Parenting, Wisdom
Babies. Tiny and adorable. Helplessly trusting you to feed, diaper and love them. They tend to bring out the best in us adults. Ladies find themselves wanting to hold an infant, just to feel it’s solid weight in their arms, and touch the incredible softness of the...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jul 30, 2025 | Family, Parenting
Jeannie slipped silently down the dark, cellar steps like a shadow on a mission. Certainly not a shadow, but definitely on a mission. She knew exactly where her grandmother kept her pickle-making crock. Despite the blackness that surrounded her, she headed confidently...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jul 2, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Family, Parenting
Quote; “I have been accused of being too hard on my sons. I totally disagree. Undisciplined boys become undisciplined men. Undisciplined men are found in prisons, hospitals and graveyards.” – Steve Harvey; comedian, author, actor, and television host. You’ve been...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jun 25, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Family
Sick and tired of trying to teach little Johnny how to be potty trained, instead of leaving a tell-tale path of stain everywhere he goes? Exhausted from the constant battle to teach your two little warrior-siblings to learn to love each other and not try to kill each...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jun 4, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Family, Personal Growth
If the adult version of you originated in a home that consisted of one child, that shaped you. You very likely grew up having no real concept of ‘sharing-because-you-have-to.’ Two in one bedroom, and having to learn to accept your different preferences? Probably...
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