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To order your autographed copy send a check or money order for $13 (We pay the shipping!) for each book made out to Michael T. Powers, and then send it to: Michael T. Powers 1918 Liberty Lane Janesville, WI 53545 To preview the book by reading some of the stories visit: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/michael_t__powers/ AOL Users Click below: Straight From the Heart: A Celebration of Life _________________________________________ Heave Ho By Betty King Well, I'm not a lot of the things I use to be, but I'm sure a lot of things I didn't use to be. some of those things are good, some bad, some just are what they are, different. Yeah, I use to be skinny; now I'm fat. I use to be young; now I'm old. I use to be a brunette; now I'm blond, to cover the gray. I use to be full of energy; now I'm lacking in that respect. I use to walk; now I use a three wheel motorized scooter. Like they say nothing ever stays the same. MS has become apart of whom I am; not who I am, mind you, just a part. Having lived with the culprit for over half of my life I'm getting use to the adversities presented to me. I have also learned that laughter can go a long way in dealing with hardships and difficulties. It seems as if my life is becoming quite a comic routine! The other day my daughter came by to get me; since driving is one of the things I don't do anymore. Any way she came to get me and since she had no lift in her SUV it was determined I would take my wheelchair instead of my motorized scooter. That wasn't the problem. The problem was her vehicle. Now, we had recently moved into the neighborhood and had not really got acquainted with our neighbors. Needless to say of all days; the neighbors across the street where out in the front of their house visiting with company. They are a young couple with two little girls. And I am an old lady. I don't feel like an old lady; but that's beside the point. To a young couple, I'm an old lady. Well, really to be truthful, a fat old lady. My daughter has an Eddie Bauer, Ford Expedition; whatever that is. It looks like a green tank, when you're an old lady; especially, when you're an old lady in a wheelchair. She pushed me up next to that monster and I eyeballed it and knew that this was going to be one gigantic challenge. "Now Ronda, this is not going to be easy," I commented. "We can do it," she said. "Oh sure," I think to myself; what is this we stuff. "Just put your foot up here, and get a hold of that." "Oh yeah; sure!" "Come on, I'll help you," she assures me. She takes my foot and places it on the running board or whatever in the world they call them things these days -- that's what they called them in my day. "Now get a hold of that strap up there Mom and pull." This is where I begin to snicker and my foot slips off whatever that dang thing is my foot 'was' on. She also lets out a giggle behind me and we start all over again. Now my daughter is a petit little thing and I am, well -- old. We get my foot up on that thing again, I grab hold and I holler, "Shove!" She gives me a nudge and I holler again, "I said SHOVE!" She started laughing and down I came! By this time we are both laughing and attracting quite a scene. "Now Ronda you have to put your shoulder to me and SHOVE hard, like your dad does," I say between my laughter and her giggles. "Don't be afraid to push hard." Now I have plenty of padding, it's not like she was going to hurt herself on my bones or anything. A big part of my body is numb anyway so it wasn't like I could feel her bouncing off my blubber either. So we began again. "I don't want to hurt you Mom," she giggles. "Don't worry your not going to hurt me, your dad does it all the time," I assure her. My comments don't bring any sympathy, just more giggles. As we start again she gets serious and so do I, as I become aware that I am making quite an impression on our neighbors. "NOW SHOVE," I scream! "HEAVE HO, She shouts! We both break out in hysterical laughter as the steering wheel gets acquainted with my face, leaving my feet and legs sticking out the door. I'm prone on the front seat, we both are hysterical and the neighbors are getting free entertainment. By this time my face is in excruciating pain, not from the steering wheel but from the muscles being strained from so much laughter. Ronda helps me and I finally get pushed, pulled and tucked into my seat and we drive away leaving my neighbors wondering about the circus act that has moved in across the street. Yeah, things have changed, I've changed; nothing ever stays the same, not even circus acts. I hope my neighbors are prepared, because I've become a three ringer! Betty King, Copyright 2002 baking2@msn.com Write Betty and let her know your thoughts on her story! __________________________ Betty lives with her husband Bill of 44 years in Phoenix AZ. Though she has lived with MS for 35 years she finds blessings and humor in life and writes about both. She has publishing credits in a wide variety of mediums. _________________________________________ Reader Feedback! RE: Hero Letters This is a wonderful idea of telling your heroes how they inspire you; I cannot do so because my parents are deceased! I made sure my Mom knew I loved her. I am sure that she would be happy to know that I treat other 80 year olds with respect and love. Every Sunday, I hug a couple of elderly ladies in my SS class. I will tell them that they are my heroes because they keep on being faithful to the Lord! eva894@aol.com _________________________________________ Thought For The Day: "Only when we have knelt before God, can we stand before men." Verse for the Day: "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time." 1 Peter 5:6 Kid's Thought For The day: "Everyone's afraid of noises at night." Parent's Thought For The Day "I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food." (Robert Orben) Coach's Thought For The Day "There is plenty enough room at the top, but not enough to sit down." (Fred Shero, NHL coach) Writer's Thought for the Day: "My goal in life is to be the exact same person to you, whether you've met me for the first time or the 21st time. Your knowledge of me is there from the beginning in an honest, brutal sort of way. Get your writings to be there...in an honest, brutal sort of way, and you'll have found your true voice." --Joyce Jace Deep Thought For The Day: "If you accidentally eat plastic fruit, do you throw up that wacky fake vomit?" ___________________________________________ REQUESTS: Will you please lift me up in prayers. I just broke up with my fiance of seven years, I pray that God's will be done concerning marriage. The doctor just diagnosed that I have fibroid Tumor and I just lost a job, but I am believing God for a better one. My mother too is looking up to God for an accommodation and International and since Our God said With Him nothing is impossible, kindly lift me up in prayers before him thanks! pearlof@hotmail.com ___________________________________________ _ /_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS \_\ / HeartTouchers@aol.com /_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no \_\/\ \ longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I \_\/ live in the body I live for the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 ___________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." 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