by Renie Bowman | Apr 22, 2026 | Family, Parenting, Wisdom
We humans have personality traits, that is readily apparent. And because we all have our own individual and highly weird traits, each of us also have singularly different desires. Desires for things in our life that are driven by our God-given quirks. The athlete,...
by Renie Bowman | Mar 18, 2026 | Communication, Marriage, Wisdom
Your spouse feeling extremely ill and hurting, with no rapid relief anywhere in sight? Don’t expect him to act differently than exactly what he is feeling. Physical illness shows itself very plainly in our behavior – take a quick look at a hurting and fussy...
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 25, 2026 | Communication, Wisdom
If I was still a teen in high school, I would love AI. I could have my writing assignments for English done in a flash and be out the door. And have a lot better grades to show my parents than I did years ago. And later on, with those gnarly issues at work...
by Renie Bowman | Jan 28, 2026 | Inspiration, Wisdom
Hopelessness. That terrible, hollow, empty sense that makes you believe there is absolutely nothing that can change your circumstance. Notice I wrote ‘believe.’ Not just ‘makes you feel.’ You may be someone who has already spent an endless amount of brain juice and...
by Renie Bowman | Jan 21, 2026 | Inspiration, Wisdom
A mirror has a tough job. To show you how fit, skinny or fat your body is. Your clothes have a tougher job, to make your body look good. Your body that is fit, ski…well, no need, you already have yourself categorized. A washing machine’s job is to clean those dirty...
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