The Dallas Cowboys. America’s team. A team who is loved. A team who is hated. I fully know there will be some who read this little blog and will overlook anything uplifting that may be found. They’ll go straight to the comment, “The Cowgirls stink.” I’ll risk it. The Webbs have always cheered for the Cowboys. Daddy and the boys…
Author: D'Rae Krein
The God Who Sees You
Hannah and Hagar have been on my mind lately. Two women who shared some pretty heavy stuff. One thing they shared in common was pregnancy. One wanted to get pregnant and couldn’t, the other was pregnant but, maybe wasn’t too happy about it. Another commonality was they were both treated badly by other catty, jealous women. That’s not fun. But…
Up Against a Mountain
Old Testament Joseph and John the Baptist are two men who were up against mighty mountains. I tend to love Joseph’s story. But the story of John the Baptist? Not so much. Joseph faced two mighty mountains. The pit and prison. Of course, there were also mountains of rejection, sadness, and grief he faced and maybe those were actually the…
Mr. Irrelevant
Have you heard about Mr. Irrelevant? For those of you who follow the National Football League you probably have, but Mr. Irrelevant was a new one for me. Recently Jimmy Garoppolo, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, was injured during a game. The backup quarterback, Brock Purdy, came in and helped win the game. I began seeing headlines that said,…
Call Me When You Can
“Call me when you can,” a text usually reserved for serious communications when I am at work came across my phone a few months ago. I wasn’t busy at that moment, so I called Tom. “Is everything ok?” I asked. Tom replied, “Everything’s ok. But these kids! THESE kids! THESE KiDS!!!!” Tom sounded shaky and excited in a bad way.…
A Bath or a Bullet (for mature audiences only)
We’ve had some backyard chickens and they are really enjoyable. Such happy, peaceful little creatures. And they give you eggs! Unless…they get egg bound. Now this is not good for the chicken! Basically the poor hen’s egg gets stuck! Wow! And gross! The egg essentially blocks off their poop, so wet, diarrhea-like poop is one of the signs! This happened…
He Made Me Smile
The last thing Mr. Larry Yeagley did for me was make me smile. That morning I planned on going to a flower picking farm. I got in the car and driving past his house I saw him sitting on his porch pruning his bushes. And I just smiled big. Immediately a little saying popped into my head “you just can’t…
KEEP YOUR LIFEJACKET ON!
Oh boy! Our son’s Biology class recently made it back from an epic five-day long trip! The trip included hiking, lots of eating, lots of cooking, a great waterfall, and a Mulberry River float trip that won’t soon be forgotten! There was cold, there was rain, but also, a lot of fun! Before we set off down the river, (which…