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Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com You have seen it, surely. The tomboy mom who somehow gave birth to a princess daughter who despises the dirty outdoors, but loves makeup, and high fashion. Leaving the mother to wonder if two babies got swapped in the hospital.

The Bite of Anger I have witnessed the destructive power of anger. In one home, uncontrolled anger led to screaming and fighting. Another marriage was nearly killed because anger festered in the relationship for years. In a third family anger drove a wedge between parent and child.

Football season is almost here, and I wanted to share a story that I actually received last year . . . The wife of a losing football coach wrote a friend: “Each Saturday as I walk to the stadium, I feel as if my stomach were filled with sharp stones.

For four years, I was unable to attract a single hummingbird to try the sugary red liquid housed in an (expensive) and delicate special container designed especially for the busy little creatures.

PRAYER FOR THE DAY O Lord support us all the day long of this troublous life until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in Thy mercy grant us a safe lodging and a holy rest, and peace at the last.

Okay, surely she is not the only person who has had this happen. Got up this morning and it was just another day. Not great, not terrible. Just another ordinary day. Went into the closet and found something comfortable to wear for her Monday office workday.

I recently heard a country western song by Kyle Park titled “Don’t forget where you come from.” It tells the story of a man whose father always advised him “Pray out loud. Make us proud. And son, don’t forget where you come from.”

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Happy? Maybe you are and maybe you’re not. But, one thing is certain, you have the right to try to be happy. You have the right to pursue happiness in your own life. No doubt about it, we like to be happy.

“PANTHERS IN THE HOUSE” Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com The four-year-old little girl had a startlingly vivid imagination. She loved to live in a makebelieve world of her own, and expected everyone else who happened to be around to follow along.

Do you have a morning routine? Things you do after you get out of bed? If you don’ have such habits the internet can help you establish them. I’ve done a little research and there are numerous articles out there, like “The Nine Best Morning Habits”.