• Midnight Stops on the "Shelly Express"

    Midnight Stops on the "Shelly Express"

    When we stayed in a train car (converted into hotel room) at the Chattanooga Choo Choo for the first couple nights of our honeymoon 33 years ago, we never dreamed that one day we’d… Read More

  • Letting Go

    Letting Go

    I’ve always been the family planner, organizer, and administrator.  Ever since I became “Mrs. Kevin Powell”  I’ve enjoyed planning special outings and things for my husband or family and helping to “make it happen.”… Read More

  • Smoke Damage! 🔥

    Smoke Damage! 🔥

    One night several weeks ago, I went to bed with the distinct thought of how easy it would be for a flame to spark and start a fire (and how hard it would be… Read More

  • I Shall Not Want

    I Shall Not Want

    I feel so alone. The tears seem to come far too easily this afternoon.  I just want to eat lunch with my family. I just want to chew and swallow and enjoy the fresh tamales.… Read More

  • I Still Have a Lot to Live For!

    I Still Have a Lot to Live For!

    Upon discharge (5/23/22), after 8 days in the hospital, I drove the electric wheelchair through the lobby at UAMS (University of Arkansas Medical Center) as the evening sun shone in through the large windows.… Read More

  • New Normals

    New Normals

    As far as a possible improvement in my ALS symptoms, I can’t say that I have anything positive to report. In fact, the opposite is true. Every day, it seems that we are experiencing… Read More

  • Strength in Weakness

    Strength in Weakness

                               And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians… Read More

  • Beach Adventure — At Just the Right Time

    Beach Adventure — At Just the Right Time

    For part of my growing up years we lived in Panama City, Florida where my dad was pastoring. My mom instilled in me a love for the ocean surf and would walk with us… Read More

  • Night Seasons

    Night Seasons

    Sometimes I struggle with what to write about in my blog. In this one I thought to vulnerably share from my journal some of the struggles and things the Lord has been teaching me… Read More