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- WHO IS CAROL ANN RITCHEY – WHY THE CHANGE –
- HOME SWEET HOME – BACK ON OUR LOT AFTER THREE NIGHTS AND FOUR DAYS AWAY – WHERE DID WE GO – TO GIANT RECREATION WORLD – THAT’S AN RV SERVICE CENTER – NOT A RESORT –
- 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 –
- Growing – Learning – Believing – Confidence – Resting – Our Inheritance in Christ –
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Tag Archives: Blessings
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 –
We left our Arizona campground the end of April traveling down Interstate 10 from Arizona to New Mexico, stopping for a week in Las Cruces, then on to West Texas. Van Horn was the first stop in Texas, then Fort … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Blessings, Blessings Abound, Carol Ann Hoel, Desert, Fort Stockton, High Winds, Las Cruces, New Mexico, RV life, Traveling, Troubles, Troubles Happen, Van Horn, West Texas
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Breakfast at Sunrise – We Do It Everyday – Early Risers – We Sip Coffee and Watch the Sun Rise in the Sky –
Hubby and I are up before daylight everyday. We enjoy being awake when the day breaks. We raise the shade that covers the window at the table in our motor home while darkness still lingers. By the time coffee brews … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Morning
Tagged Blessings, Breakfast, Coffee, Early Risers, English Muffins, Light, Morning, Motor Home, Resort Park, Sky, Sunlight, Sunrise
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Lord – There is None Like You – Not One –
Lord – You excite me – You fill my heart with wonder – All the blessings I expect from You You exceed – Lord – You humble me – You stop pride in its tracks – How do You do it – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blessings, Carol Ann Hoel, Excite me, Humble, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Leading Me, Lord, Loving unreservedly, None Like You LORD, Pride, Show Me, The Lord, Wonder, You exceed
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God Has Given Us the Spirit of Power – Love – and a Sound Mind – Let Us Speak Words of Life –
By the word of the Lord were the Heavens made and all the host Of them by the breath of his mouth – And God said, Let there be Light – and there was light – God hath not given us … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Blessings, Choose Life, Death, Delay, Empower or Prohibit, Encourage, Impede, Life, Power, Sound Mind, Speak life, Speak truth, Spirit of Love, Spoken Word, Words
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Good Morning from the Skies of Arizona – Blessings to You – Have a Delightful Day –
View of the sky from our backyard. Praise to God for His Amazing Creation.
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
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
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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There Is Power for Good in the Words We Speak – If We Speak Words of Life – Let Us Speak Words of Life and Healing – Speak Love and Health – Let Us Bless and Not Curse – Let Us Choose Life – Jesus is Life – Blessings Come to Us through Jesus –
Proverbs 18:21 – The Bible (KJV) – Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Verses from New Covenant of Grace Mark 11:23 – The Bible (KJV) … Continue reading
We Could Have Had a Fire during the Night But Disaster Was Avoided – Hot Water Heater Malfunctioned – Saved by Rinsing One More Glass before Bedtime –
Ready to retire for the evening, I checked out the kitchen. The dishwasher was loaded. I needed only turn it on to wash the dishes while we slept. I noticed a glass and decided to rinse it off and … Continue reading
By His Stripes We Are Healed – We Believe Your Word and Embrace Your Promises – LORD – By Your Stripes My Husband Is Healed – Each Day His Healing Advances and His Wounds Disappear – Thank You – Jesus – For Your Faithfulness – Amen – We Rebuke Any Indication to the Contrary – Your Word Is Truth – So Be It –
Isaiah 53:4-5 King James Version (KJV) Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the … Continue reading
Celebrating Doctors – Nurses – and Medical Technicians – Today – Blessings to Doctors and All Their Assistants for Their Sacrificial Lifestyle and Devotion to Their Profession and Their Patients –
Tomorrow at 7:00 am my husband will undergo surgery. We are thankful for the skilled hands of a good physician and his staff. We expect God’s blessing and a full recovery for Steve. Thank you to all who have agreed in … Continue reading
The Goodness of God – How Great Is Thy Goodness to Them that Trust In You – You Will Hide them in the Secret of Your Presence from the Pride of Man –
Psalm 31: 19-20 – The Bible (KJV) – Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Photos
Tagged Arizona Park, Beauty of Creation, Blessings, Carol Ann Hoel, Father God, God, God is good, Goodness of God, Jesus, photos, Presence of God, Pride of Man, Savior, The Bible, Trust God
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We Are Favored by The LORD – God Loves YOU – Believe and Receive His Blessings –
Isaiah 61:1-3 – The Bible – (NIV) – The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for … Continue reading
Blessed Be the Lord who Daily Loads us with Benefits
Psalm 68:4-6, 19 – The Bible (KJV) – Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, … Continue reading
AUTHOR LACKS aBilitY to HAWK her bOOk!
YES. That would be me. No, that would be I. I would be the one, I mean, the author standing on the sidelines not knowing what to do next. She is me. No I am she. Well, she knows what … Continue reading
Posted in Buddy for David, Humor
Tagged Advertise, Author, Blessings, Book, Buddy for David, Pray, website
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Alzheimer’s Disease – The Last Mile of the Way – May It Bring Blessing for My Husband and Me
Learning to deal with my husband’s Alzheimer’s disease is an ongoing challenge. My prayer for him is that he will not suffer pain or anxiety during this last chapter of his life. God will honor that prayer and grant it … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses
Tagged Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease, And that made all the difference, Answered Prayer, Anxiety, Blessings, Challenge, Death's door, Diverged, General direction, Heavenly Homecoming, His face I see, Home-Going, Homecoming, Husband, Journey, Journey ahead, Last Chapter, Pain, Perspective, Prayer, Purpose behind Suffering, Robert Frost, starlight, Suffering, sunbeams, Temporary gain, The difference, The Last Mile, The Last Mile of the Way, Two Roads, Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood, Until death do us part, Until death parts us, Yellow Wood
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I Thank You – LORD
For young green leaves on trees Outside my window – I thank You – For coffee – and a donut – I praise your loving kindness – LORD – For my hubby – thank You – I see how much … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Believing, Blessings, Break, Coffee, conquered death, Conquered death and grave, conquered grave, death and grave, Donut, Encourage, Forgive, Gift, green leaves, Hubby, If, If these blessings were all, Jesus, Jesus Died, Law, leaves on trees, Life, Life Meaningless, Lord, love, Loving Kindness, meaningless, Meaningless life, Offering life, Paid the Price, Power to Save, Praise, Sin, Strength of Sin, Thank you, Thank You Lord, The Soul that Sins, The soul that sins - it shall die, To break the strength of sin and law, Trees, Trials, Victory, Without hope, Young green leaves
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Jewels Wrapped in Pain
Blessings sometimes come our way Wrapped in scarlet ribbon Tucked inside the pain Of somber circumstance Enveloping our jewels In grief – casting A forward step In the shadow Of death LORD – what should be our perspective – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Again I say Rejoice, Attitude, Be Glad, Blessings, Casting Shadow, Child, Child of God, Circumstance, Comfort, Evil Report, Forward Step, God, God Gives, God's Strength, Good, Good God Gives, Gratitude, Grief, Guarantee, Guarantee Victory, Heal, Heal your Pain, Healing, How should we respond, I AM is Yours, I walk with You, I will Heal, Jewels, Journey, Lord, My Child, My Presence, My Promises, My Strength, Omnipresence, Overflow, Overflowing Gratitude, Overshadow, Pain, Perspective, Presence of God, Promises of God, Rejoice, Rejoice Always, Respond, Response, Scarlet Ribbon, Shadow of Death, Somber Circumstance, The Good You Give, The Great I AM, Tucked Inside, Victory, Walk, Wrapped in Pain, Your Comfort
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The Nations Need God
Dear USA: When I see our servicemen and women being mistreated by the Veterans Administration, I hang my head in shame. What has happened to our nation? Our schools and our medical systems have failed, and our nation fails to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry, Thought
Tagged Against God, Blessings, Children, Consequences, Failure, God, God Bless Our Nation, High Cost of Arrogance, Humble Ourselves, Medical Systems, Nations that forget God, Pray and Stop, Rebelling, Rebellion, Schools, Servicemen and Women, Shame, Stink, Stop Rebelling, USA, Veterans Administration, We Need God, What has happened to our nation? Nation, Without God We Stink
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Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
How do I find the meaning How do I make up my mind Read and pray read and pray The day will finally come The day will come most certainly That we’ll understand more fully God’s precious Word of Truth … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Believer, Bible, Blessings, Christian, Cross, God, God's Word, History, Instruction in Righteousness, Jesus, Lord Jesus, Prophecy, Redeemer, Rightly Divide the Word of Truth, Savior, Study, Warnings, Word of Truth
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Thanksgiving Blessings to All … Psalm 100 (The Bible)
1Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Creator, Everlasting, Family, Gladness, God, Intercessory Prayer, Maker, Pasture, Praise, Prayer, Service, Sheep, Singing, Thanks, Thanksgiving, Truth
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