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CoffeeTime: “Received Horrible News"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com You received the phone call that buckles your knees. Or hear the police officer’s knock on the door. Or the doctor solemnly walks toward you in the hospital waiting room. And now you have just heard the worst news of your life. You’ve lost the most important person in your world. Or, maybe you opened the envelope that you assumed would be just another pay check, but found a pink slip. Or you meet with your physician to get the r
Andy Bowman
Nov 132 min read


CoffeeTime: "Stuck in a pit"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Have you ever tried to help someone who doesn’t actually want help? Oh, they tell you they do. They call and beg for you to give them answers to their problems. But when you stop your busy life, put your thinking cap on, get creative and give them answers, suddenly you run into excuses, reasons and downright refusals. All couched in terms like, “Oh, good grief, no!” Or, “No, I can’t do that because…” Or likely the tried and true, “Yo
Andy Bowman
Nov 62 min read


CoffeeTime: "Sneaky Black Ice"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com It really is innocent looking, because it looks just like wet pavement. But it can be...
Andy Bowman
Oct 302 min read


CoffeeTime: “How does depression look?"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Depression. A word that absolutely can send dread coursing through the veins. Whether you...
Andy Bowman
Oct 232 min read


CoffeeTime: “Tattlers Versus Whistleblowers"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com The difference between a whistleblower or a tattler is their mission- no matter what they...
Andy Bowman
Oct 162 min read


CoffeeTime: Don't just quickly apologize
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com You know you stepped in it. Big time. Didn’t really mean to do it, but it happened. Now your...
Andy Bowman
Oct 92 min read


CoffeeTime: “Employers and spouses do not like lazy”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Nothing wrong with relaxing. With the right timing and amount. Being lazy? Nothing wrong with...
Andy Bowman
Oct 32 min read


CoffeeTime: “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...
Andy Bowman
Sep 42 min read


CoffeeTime: “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...
Andy Bowman
Aug 282 min read


CoffeeTime: “Chocolate bars are great!”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Alex suddenly realized he was starving , according to his standards. Of course, that standard...
Andy Bowman
Aug 143 min read


CoffeeTime: “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...
Andy Bowman
Aug 72 min read


CoffeeTime: "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....
Andy Bowman
Jul 312 min read


CoffeeTime: “THE CONSTANT UNWANTED COMPANION”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Shaun's main goal in life is to never make a mistake. In fact, he will bend over backward in...
Andy Bowman
Jul 242 min read


CoffeeTime: “BRINGING IT ON YOURSELF”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com The very thing that you dread and fear can keep you keep thinking about it. A lot, in fact....
Andy Bowman
Jul 102 min read


CoffeeTime: “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...
Andy Bowman
Jul 32 min read


CoffeeTime: “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...
Andy Bowman
Jun 252 min read


CoffeeTime: "Help me to forget what you can't remember"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com That would definitely be wonderful, wouldn’t it? To have total amnesia regarding the awful...
Andy Bowman
Jun 192 min read


CoffeeTime: “Adult siblings good and bad”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com If the adult version of you originated in a home that consisted of one child, that shaped...
Andy Bowman
Jun 52 min read


CoffeeTime: “Is Poverty Better for you than Wealth?"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com I can vividly imagine the reactions of most who just read that title. “Are you nuts, Renie B?!...
Andy Bowman
May 292 min read


CoffeeTime: "Already Unlocked Prison"
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com The angry and resentful young man sat sullenly on the edge of his narrow cot in the cell. ...
Andy Bowman
May 222 min read
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