Babies aren’t supposed to die. But they do. They die in third world countries every day. And they die in the United States every day. But as a labor nurse in Northwest Arkansas, babies are reallynot supposed to die. But they do. A co-worker shared a story about a baby that died. Tragic! The worst! A truly heartbreaking situation. She…
Author: D'Rae Krein
A Train Across Your Road
“D’Rae, I’m having another gallbladder attack. I’m hurting so bad!” I heard the voice and knew instantly it was Jen, but did the phone even ring? Did I say hello? What is going on? “I’m coming,” I hear myself say. What time is it? Oh, it’s 9:45 pm! (That is one of the ways you know you are getting old…
Here We Go!
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…
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…