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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 –
- Growing – Learning – Believing – Confidence – Resting – Our Inheritance in Christ –
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Tag Archives: Child
There Is None Like You – Lord – Oh – I Said that Before – I’ll Say It Again – Lord – There Is None Like You –
I was a child when You first revealed Yourself – Lord – Young and helpless – alone – Unseen but always with me – As I grew – always You Were watching Over me – More aware of You I became – … Continue reading
I Hear Little Children Singing in My Memories – Jesus Is My Shepherd – Guess Who I Am – Such a Lovely Secret – I’m His Little Lamb – I See Their Sweet Smiles as We Told Them How Much Jesus Loves Them – They Believed It – How Wonderful to Believe as a Child Believes – Without a Doubt or a Care –
I taught Sunday School for many years. Our church operated a Bus Ministry. We purchased old school buses, revamped them, and used them to bring children of all ages from all over the city to church. I taught 3, 4, and 5-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Believe, Bus Ministry, Carol Ann Hoel, Child, Childlike Faith, Children, Faith, Jesus, Jesus our Shepherd, Lamb, Little Lamb, Love of Jesus, Old School Buses, Revamped Buses, Sunday School
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Lord – Show Me the Way
Lord – You are my delight – You are my righteousness – You are the hope in my heart – Oh guide me – Lord – Make my path clear – Your Word abides in me My heart’s wrapped up … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
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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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Was There Ever a Time I Didn’t Know
Was there ever a time I didn’t know That I was Yours and You were mine – Oh yes – as a child – I must have heard Something about God and I was looking For You in the carpet … Continue reading
Little Sister Saves the Day
My sister didn’t talk in sentences yet, so she was probably two or three years old. I was no older than five. When we went out to play, I was responsible for watching her. On this particular day, the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Child, Children, Follow, Lost, Neighborhood, Sister, Sunny, Walk
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In Bethlehem
Was it a quiet night In Bethlehem Were the stars visible Or out of sight Was Mary afraid Of giving birth Did Joseph hold Her hand that night Was there a lamp for light In the stable How long did … Continue reading
Isaiah 11:6-9 (When the LORD rules)
The wolf will live with the lamb the leopard will lie down with the goat the calf and the lion and the yearling together and a little child will lead them The cow will feed with the bear their young will … Continue reading
Always Awake
When my eyelids Sink in weariness Simply won’t stay open When my mind is tired And heart beat’s slow I long to see your face Jesus Hold me Keep me safe While I in slumber rest You are strong and … Continue reading
A Child
A Child A child looks up to see a smile Longing for approval Instead he sees a scornful scowl And hears his hero howl A child’s heart breaks His small hands shake He wants to run away His dad shouts … Continue reading