by Renie Bowman | May 7, 2025 | Family, Parenting, Relationships
Many things like our car washes, ATMs, and grocery stores now boast that they have contactless accessibility. “NO TOUCHING, KEEP TO YOUR YOURSELF SO YOU WON’T RISK BEING CONTAMINATED OR INVOLVED.” And that concept works for keeping yourself germ-free in this scary...
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 23, 2025 | Communication, Relationships
Let me give my personal baseline right here at the beginning, and then jump headlong from that starting point. God is the giver of life. He has a plan for every life He creates. And He says it is a good plan. Although, God says life is worth living, it is absolutely...
by Renie Bowman | Apr 16, 2025 | Personal Growth, Relationships
Most people with a beating heart want to be loved. Oh yes, I am certain that psychiatrists would be quick to point out there is a certain tiny percentage of humans who feel no love and have no need to be loved. But overwhelmingly, most of us crave the feeling of warm...
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 | Mar 19, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Relationships, Wisdom
Two elderly sisters, one widowed and the other never married, were living together. They had decided the year before that because the oldest owned her house, the younger should leave a rented apartment and move into her sister’s second bedroom. After the initial “Move...
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