by Renie Bowman | Dec 17, 2020 | Family, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships
Accustomed to spending Christmas Day packed with beloved family, or close friends? Or a mixture of both, in a free-for-all party of fun and food? Now it is true, most of us do have a person who is a – um – least favorite relative, but we tolerate even them on that...
by Renie Bowman | Nov 30, 2020 | Faith, Family, Parenting, Personal Growth
Back in the ancient days of Fred Flintstone and no cell phones, when he was a young dad and a wet-behind-the-ears pastor, Andy had a habit. No, not a habit like we refer to today. But he unconsciously used a certain phrase – constantly. “I’m sick and tired of…” was...
by Renie Bowman | Aug 20, 2020 | Faith, Family, Personal Growth
I can be sitting at my desk, deeply engrossed in thinking of a serious crisis the world is facing. My mind spiraling in never ending circles, like water going down a drain. And as I contemplate the seemingly unsolvable issue that has my attention, if I am not careful,...
by Renie Bowman | Aug 6, 2020 | Family, Marriage, Personal Growth
Some friends of ours tell this story from the earlier years of their marriage this way: We were living in South Texas temporarily, several hundred miles from our family and dear friends. While Doug worked long hours at a construction job there and had to be gone most...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 23, 2020 | Family, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wisdom
The stranger in the tiny town walked up to the sandlot baseball field to watch a group of loud and excited ragtag boys playing a pickup game of baseball. After a few minutes of listening to the crack of the bat, watching the ball sail over the heads of the...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 18, 2020 | Family, Parenting, Wisdom
Several years ago, while visiting with my little preschool granddaughter, I was going to give her some money. But then I decided use it as an opportunity to teach her about money values. So I handed her all the coin denominations, you know, penny, nickel, dime,...
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