by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jan 25, 2023 | Faith, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Years ago, as elementary students at a tiny country school, our bus driver took us to school in his huge station wagon. That meant we kids got to talk with him for an entire hour – both ways. Good-natured and chatty, he would entertain us as he drove. True stories,...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jan 18, 2023 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
The holiday fun and games were over, and we were ready to fly home. But a middle of the night message informed us our flight was canceled and we had to rebook. And we suddenly became birds without wings. I now have a pretty good idea how a Christmas turkey feels, in...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jan 11, 2023 | Faith, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
I read this again the other day. “I will NEVER quit fighting to win against the enemy in my life. After all my bullets are gone from shooting my gun, then I’ll throw that blasted thing at ‘em. When that doesn’t work, then I’ll use my body to punch, kick and bite my...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Dec 28, 2022 | Communication, Faith, Wisdom
Nowadays, identifying with a gender-and deciding to be that gender- rapidly seems to be becoming the norm. Some parents have decided, and actually encourage very impressionable young Juniors and Juniorettes to choose for themselves who and what they are. Nothing based...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Dec 14, 2022 | Communication, Relationships, Wisdom
There is a popular TV show that had a character named Ziva David for quite a while. From Israel, and having learned English along with many other languages, she was often confused by our American slang. Therefore, Miss David was well known for her quirky misquotes....
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Dec 7, 2022 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Family, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Houston, we have a problem. Over-promising and then under-delivering. And I am not just referring to our government which, to my politically uneducated yet fairly logical mind, is definitely not delivering what was vehemently promised. And I am also not referring to...
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