Author: Kyle Jetsel

Recently… I dreamed… I was going to die. You should know, I don’t sleep well. Never have. And one of the side-effects of not sleeping well is that I wake up many, MANY times during the night. Which also means… I wake up, DURING… many, many dreams. So, I remember almost all of them. And…

Less than five months before Shelly passed away… There She was… sitting on the hotel room floor with tears in her eyes. “WE’VE GOT TO DO MORE.” She wept. It was a long-time coming. It was our 30th anniversary and we’d made arrangements to go on a second honeymoon. Just Shelly and I (no kids)…

One Sunday morning my only daughter Chloe, came down ready for Church wearing some pearls that I had given to Shelly (my wife who passed away suddenly in October of 2021) early in our marriage. As I saw her approach my eyes teared up and Chloe immediately said, “I’ll put them back, Dad. I didn’t…

It’s no secret that I LOVE fried chicken. And I’ll never forget the day… I discovered that through an accidental encounter. I was twelve. It was before a football game with the Oak Cliff Jets and I was hanging out with a kid on my team named Don Hobgood. Don said, “Hey Kyle, my Mom…

My son was upset… until we discussed this. He’d been “DONE WRONG” by someone. And it seemed to be haunting him and keeping him in a state of “unhappiness.” “How could he do that? What is wrong with him? Why would he do that? How could someone be so mean?” Over and over… and over…

Respectfully… Ladies… this is an opinion piece. Read at your own risk. If you are offended by my take, let me apologize in advance. My intent is not to offend… rather to share some detail into how many of us good men think. I am a man. I like to think a good man. A…

Ever read, “Outwitting the Devil?” I have… and I was “shocked” at some of the ideas inside. And a bit unnerved at my own lack of understanding. If you are easily offended, you may want to pass on this post.Listen to this. The idea behind “Outwitting the Devil?” is that the Devil uses pretty sneaky…

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill I had always believed this quote… I had used this quote to benefit my life… I had seen this quote be proven true over and over again… Until… In October of 2021 when my sweet…

Shelly (who passed away in October of 2021) WANTED other Moms to hear this. In early 2020 my wife Shelly came to me with a request. Something she’d never asked me to do before… or since. She then shared with me how she was feeling and in her sweet southern voice she said, “I want…