by Renie Bowman | Oct 8, 2025 | Communication, Marriage, Relationships
You know you stepped in it. Big time. Didn’t really mean to do it, but it happened. Now your spouse is hurt and angry. And they are not really waiting breathlessly to hear your apology – they’re way past that. Seeing you hanging by your bleeding ears from a dead tree...
by Renie Bowman | Sep 10, 2025 | Communication, Marriage, Relationships, Wisdom
Fighting fair. Not a spouse’s favorite saying when they are currently in the middle of “Who’s Gonna Win This Time” with their dreaded enemy of the moment. Face it, any married human female whose spine isn’t yellow jello, wants to come out of the latest skirmish with a...
by Renie Bowman | Apr 30, 2025 | Communication, Marriage, Relationships, Wisdom
You can be absolutely right, have all your logical little ducks lined up perfectly in a row, with all your detailed facts ready at your fingertips to zap your opponent to smithereens… and be dead right. Because insisting on always being right can be a killer. Sure,...
by Renie Bowman | Apr 9, 2025 | Communication, Marriage, Relationships, Wisdom
Years ago, right after I began CoffeeTime Column, a friend suggested I write an article addressing ‘Dealing with your ex after the divorce.’ Now, I don’t know much, but I do know that a writer is foolish to attempt to write about an unfamiliar subject. And as I have...
by Renie Bowman | Sep 11, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Family, Marriage, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Jim sat down at his desk that morning only to be immediately summoned into his supervisor’s office. Where he was assured that while he had been doing good work, he was also told that due to the company’s economic struggles, he was part of the layoffs in one month....
by 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...
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