by Andy & Renie Bowman | Mar 25, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Relationships
Have you ever noticed that those rigid rules you insist your kids obey rarely bring about long-term enthusiastic obedience? “Mom told us to not do that. Yay!!!” Instead, rebellion later on is usually the result. When your back is turned. When your kid is turned loose...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jan 7, 2026 | Communication, Marriage, Relationships
Watched a movie last night with my husband. The genre; Western movie. The setting; end of the Civil War. The plot; wife and husband at odds. Both working at destroying what was once a vibrant marriage. She was living in her painful memories of helplessly watching her...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Dec 17, 2025 | Relationships, Wisdom
Holidays. You can ask a dozen people for their reactions to that question, and get a dozen different reactions. Every one of us have different pasts and histories that 100% influence how we feel about the upcoming holidays. Ask a lonely widow how she is feeling about...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Nov 5, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Relationships
Have you ever tried to help someone who doesn’t actually want help? Oh, they tell you they do. They call and beg for you to give them answers to their problems. But when you stop your busy life, put your thinking cap on, get creative and give them answers, suddenly...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Oct 22, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Relationships
Depression. A word that absolutely can send dread coursing through the veins. Whether you have witnessed its debilitating effect on a loved one or experienced it yourself, you know it physically changes things. The depressed person can be blinded to seeing beauty...
by Andy & 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...
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