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Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com If we were all childhood siblings and behaving the way we fellow citizens are acting and reacting, Mom already would have taken away every last one of our toys and privileges, restricted our food to vegetables and water only for a couple of months, and wore out our sorry tails…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “FAIR BE HANGED, I WANNA WIN”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Fighting fair. Not a spouse’s favorite saying when they are currently in the middle of “Who’s Gonna Win This Time” with their dreaded enemy of the moment. Face it, any married human female whose spine isn’t yellow jello, wants to come out of the latest skirmish with a feeling of…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Sweet tiny puffs of wind become a tornado”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Babies. Tiny and adorable. Helplessly trusting you to feed, diaper and love them. They tend to bring out the best in us adults. Ladies find themselves wanting to hold an infant, just to feel it’s solid weight in their arms, and touch the incredible softness of the tender skin. A baby’s…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “The Conagher Tumbleweeds and Tassles”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com If you have ever watched the old movie “Conagher,” a western based on a rough ‘n tough cowboy with a gigantic sense of right and wrong, then you might well remember the story line’s leading lady. An attractive young widow with two children, left in a lonely shack out in the…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Chocolate bars are great!”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Alex suddenly realized he was starving, according to his standards. Of course, that standard set low, as his stomach pretty much governed his life. Forty-five minutes without something going into his mouth seemed like forever to that growing teenager. Flinging aside his American History homework, he leaped off his bed and…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “ALL PANCAKES ARE NOT MADE ALIKE”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com You have probably been told a few times in your life to not let anyone take away your own peace. That you responsible if you are filled to the brim with good will toward all mankind – or had your fill of all mankind. “Your happiness is in your hands, and…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “The Guardian with a Learning Paddle”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Jeannie slipped silently down the dark, cellar steps like a shadow on a mission. Certainly not a shadow, but definitely on a mission. She knew exactly where her grandmother kept her pickle-making crock. Despite the blackness that surrounded her, she headed confidently across the musty narrow room. One thing was…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Harvey Parenting Does Work”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Quote; “I have been accused of being too hard on my sons. I totally disagree. Undisciplined boys become undisciplined men. Undisciplined men are found in prisons, hospitals and graveyards.” – Steve Harvey; comedian, author, actor, and television host. You’ve been around them, we all have. The parent who gazes adoringly…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Raising our kids as pigs”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Sick and tired of trying to teach little Johnny how to be potty trained, instead of leaving a tell-tale path of stain everywhere he goes? Exhausted from the constant battle to teach your two little warrior-siblings to learn to love each other and not try to kill each other every…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Being Courageous is Scarey Stuff”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com You think that bold firefighters hold no fear in their bones when they rush into a red-hot cauldron of fire that was once a high-rise building? That police officers run have no fear inside as they run toward an active crime scene? That parents don’t spend some sleep-deprived nights, dreading the…
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