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- WHO IS CAROL ANN RITCHEY – WHY THE CHANGE –
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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
- Books Books – I Read – I Read – And I Wrote the Novel – Buddy for David – Key Words – Crime – Family – Hope – Despair – Adventure – Boy – Dog – Ex Convicts – Love – Courage – Victory – Rich in Action Scenes and Dialogue – Movie to Be –
- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
- Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
- Moving toward Our Next Destination – Driving a Comfortable Distance – Following Our Plan – Reaching Parks We Booked Months Earlier – Three Days to Rest – Three Days that Fly By –
- Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
- Where Have We Been – Up to Flagstaff Arizona – Albuquerque and Santa Rosa New Mexico – Amarillo Texas – Oklahoma City – West Memphis Arkansas – Nashville Tennessee – Virginia – Pennsylvania – Long Island New York – Ohio now – Heading for Michigan in a Few Days – South to Florida, West through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico – Back to AZ –
- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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Broke My Wrist – Wrist Has Healed – Good Doctors and Physical Therapist Did Good Work – God Blessed – My Wrist Is Back in Service –
I heard the bone break. I refused to believe it for about 24 hours. After all, I could move it a little without pain, so I thought it must not be broken, even though the swelling, bruising, and hand drooping … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, Memoir
Tagged blessing, broken wrist, Calvary, Cast, Doctors, Healed, Healed Wrist, Healing Process, Jesus, No Pain, Physical Therapist, Praise
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For I Know the Plans I Have for You – Declares the Lord – Plans to Prosper You and Not to Harm You – Plans to Give You Hope and a Future – Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) – So They that Be of Faith are Blessed with Faithful Abraham – Galatians 3:9 – (KJV)
Luke 12:32 – The Bible (KJV) – Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Matthew 7:11 – The Bible (KJV) – If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Abraham, blessing, Children, Earth, Father, Galatians 3:9, gracious, Great Mercy, Heaven, Jeremiah 29:11, Merciful, New Year, New Year Blessing, Removed our Transgressions, slow to anger
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What Can Take Away the Hurt of Yesterday
What can take away the hurt of yesterday – An everlasting blessed tomorrow – Sing praises to the Lord Who has not left us In our sorrow – Who bore our Pain and sicknesses – Who won for us a Bright future and a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged blessing, Bright Future, Grafted in -, Heritage, Hope, Hurt, Hurt of Yesterday, Isaiah 54, Israel, Living Hope, praises to the Lord, Prophecy, Righteousness, Tomorrow, Yesterday
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Mid-October Sunrise in Arizona – Blessings to All – Sunrise – Sunset – Sunrise – Sunset – The Lord God Is Faithful –
Just a hint of dark cloud surrounded by light and beauty. Look at the expanse of sky and the size of trouble. Our God is always bigger than our troubles. We are blessed.
Posted in Memoir, Photos, Thought
Tagged Beauty, blessing, Clouds, Faithful God, God, God Almighty, Hope, Light, LORD God, Sunrise, Trouble, Troubles Small
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Bless Me – LORD – Bless My Brother Too – Bless Our Friends – and Those that Don’t Know You – God of LOVE You Are – Bless the LORD – O My Soul – We Shall Not Forget Your Love –
Bless me – LORD – bless my brother too – Bless our friends – and those that don’t know YOU – There’s so much LOVE in YOU – LORD – Father – Son – and Holy Spirit – JESUS – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bless, Bless All mankind, Bless me, Bless my brother, Bless the LORD, blessing, Blessings, Calvary, Carol Ann Hoel, Father, God is Love, Holy Spirit, love, Search the Earth, Son
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Returning to Life Again after Widowhood
My life has changed. I am married to Steve, a gentle and compassionate man. He lives in Arizona, and I have moved from Dallas into his home. He helped me move. Now that is kindness. What a project! Another astonishing … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged beauty for ashes, blessing, Carol Ann Hoel, Change, Computer, garment of praise, Garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, God, Good Times, Jesus, Life change, Life has changed, Lord, Lord Jesus, Marriage, Married, Mourning, Moved, name, name change, Oil of Joy, oil of joy for mourning, Praise, Promise, Savior, Sorrow, Widow, Widowhood
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God is in Control – And God is Good
I wish I could say my husband’s home And all is well – but He’s not home – Still we confidently say that All is well because we know God is in control And God is good I wish … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged All is well, Alzheimer's, Birth to Death, blessing, Blue Eyes, Blue Eyes Twinkling, Breath of Life, Broken Heart, Carried by Others, Comfort and Blessing, Control, Distress, Glistening through glossy tears, God, God Controls, God is good, God is in Control, Heart Heavy, Humble, Hurting Heart, Husband's not Home, Life a breath, Life on earth is but a breath, Look Past Troubles, Paralysis, Paralyzed, Quiet Spirit, Respect, Sadness, Speechless, Tears, Treat Others Respectfully, Wait for Comfort, We know
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Thank You LORD for Unwavering Love
Thank you LORD for your gentleness In the presence of my harshness For your grace to cover my lawless Self-centeredness Thank you for new beginnings LORD Each blessing you give – each tear You wipe from my eyes praises … Continue reading
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Tagged blessing, Cover Lawless Self-Centered, Gentleness, Grace, Harshness, Lord, New Beginnings, Praise, Tear, Tear from Eyes, Thank you, Thank You Lord, Unwavering Love
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Father Bless Your People
Father bless your people Hold us in your arms and Cuddle us with your love Teach us how to live the life Walk with us through the valley Of the shadow of death LORD You conquered death – our last … Continue reading
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Tagged Bless your People, blessing, Bridge over muddy water, Cuddle, Death, Father, Last Enemy, Live the Life, Teach, Valley of the Shadow of Death, Walk
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Dancer in the Sunlight
Delightful is she Beautiful to see Dancing in sunlight Reaching high Grasping sky Face aglow Like morning light So bright As she dances One day A shadow falls O’er her dancing form Dark and drear Heavy As night Bliss taken … Continue reading
God is Good
God is Good A baked potato Fillet of fish Warm apartment A courtyard View Every blessing Proves it true God is good To me and you In times of plenty And times of less In the storm Or skies of … Continue reading