by Renie Bowman | Apr 29, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Personal Growth
If we are talking about your teeth, yep, that’s true. Just totally ignore them, and you have a pretty quick way to rid yourself of a tiresome repetitive responsibility. “She don’t care about us, and always wishin’ that we weren’t so needy all the time? Oh, yeah, we’re...
by Renie Bowman | Mar 11, 2026 | Cautionary Tale, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Ten-year-old Billy and his dad were going to eat at Billy’s favorite buffet-style restaurant. It was the boy’s birthday, and Dad had indulgently told him that he could have anything he wanted, as much as he wanted. Big mistake. Billy grabbed a plate and headed...
by Renie Bowman | Feb 4, 2026 | Communication, Faith, Personal Growth
You remember hearing and seeing the popular phrase, WWJD? ‘What Would Jesus Do.’ If you do, very likely you also remember often seeing the mocking curl of the lip of someone in the vicinity. That sentence showed up everywhere and soon became trite and overused. And...
by Renie Bowman | Jan 7, 2026 | Communication, Inspiration, Personal Growth
Maybe it truly has been horrible all this time, maybe God did pick you out of all humanity to suffer badly your entire life. Maybe, just maybe, you were selected to show the world how a life of pure misery looks. No way out, impossible to change your destiny. You are...
by Renie Bowman | Dec 31, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Personal Growth
If you are anything like me and a lot of other people in this country, you are sick. Sick and tired of so much around you. Things like, not being able to walk safely to your car in a public parking lot, traffic tie-ups that can keep you trapped on the interstate for...
by Renie Bowman | Dec 24, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Personal Growth, Wisdom
People are just people, everywhere you go. Everyone has their favorite hobbies and if given the chance, they would spend hours doing just that. And most of us also have heavy responsibilities that we avoid like the plague for as long as possible. As long as possible...
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