by Renie Bowman | Mar 24, 2022 | Cautionary Tale, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wisdom
What has happened to “I gotta go to work” anyway? Seems so many so-called adults have just decided that holding a job is for the birds. You hear them whine, “Yeah, I have a job, but I don’t want to have to show up on the days I got something better to do. After all,...
by Renie Bowman | Mar 17, 2022 | Cautionary Tale, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Two young boys were growing up on their parents’ small farm. This meant that raising show-worthy pigs and calves for livestock shows was a normal thing in life to them. The youngest of the two was small in stature and big in heart. That year he had spent his...
by Renie Bowman | Mar 10, 2022 | Cautionary Tale, Family, Marriage, Relationships, Wisdom
The following is a man’s recipe for eventually learning to live all alone… Shoot, I really hate it when the wife’s feelin’ bad. It jest gets her down and seems to mess up her days. I’ve watched it all thru our marriage, so I know what I’m a’sayin’ to be true....
by Renie Bowman | Mar 3, 2022 | Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
We’ve all had to be around them. Usually, everyone has one or more in the family tree – hopefully a good way away from your own particular branch. But even if you are fortunate enough to not be situated in close proximity to Cousin Crabby – you probably still get the...
by Renie Bowman | Feb 24, 2022 | Faith, Personal Growth, Wisdom
Needing play-around money, as all teenagers do, three industrious farm boys decided to create their own hay-hauling crew one summer. So they made a plan. One boy would drive as another loaded the hay, while the third teen would stack it onto their borrowed truck. Very...
by Renie Bowman | Feb 17, 2022 | Faith, Wisdom
Have any of you ever seen a time like our world is in lately? Some part or another of our planet has suffered through horrifying events in recent years. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, enormous tornadoes, lightning ignited fires, devastating floods and droughts....