Mounting With Wings

One of my favorite places to unwind and enjoy nature is by Lake Harriet a small lake here on the edge of Ouachita Hills campus. I used to love walking around it or hanging my hammock beside it. I don’t… Continue reading

“There’s a 90% chance you have ALS.” When I heard those shocking words from my neurologist almost 4 years ago, tears immediately sprang to my eyes. I didn’t know many details about the disease, other than some foggy descriptions from… Continue reading

I recently listened to “The Pineapple Story” by missionary, Otto Koning.  He humorously narrates the story of planting pineapples in Papua New Guinea where he was working with an uncivilized, indigenous group of heathens who kept stealing his pineapples (and a lot… Continue reading

I only ever remember seeing one man with ALS before my own diagnosis 3 1/2 years ago. My kids were selling Christian books with a group in Kentucky  and came to a house where the man had ALS. I was… Continue reading

My body definitely isn’t cooperating, but I’m still totally “me” on the inside; desperately wishing I could communicate more easily what’s on the inside to the world outside. One of my cousins recently texted me: “Shelly…you have a perfectly functional… Continue reading

A friend recently shared an extremely inspiring testimony of a man telling of his mom’s firm faith, that “God does all things well” even through her debilitating polio disease (see link for full testimony – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dXQhmsWT78). It’s worth watching!  At… Continue reading

I feel so weak to know how to deal with this new frustrating challenge. It says on one of the ALS resources sites: “ALS patients who experience swallowing problems often notice that they seem to salivate more. The fact is,… Continue reading

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 experience a very different kind of… Continue reading

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.”   Even in my present state… Continue reading

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 to get me out of the… Continue reading