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- NEW ORLEANS – LOUISIANA – ADVENTURES ON THE ROAD
- 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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The Mountains May Crumble
When the floor falls out beneath – And the roof caves in – that’s When your heart skips a beat – When faith fails – when darkness Veils your path – when tears Drown you in your sleep – When … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged All alone, Alone, calamity, catastrophe, Cling, Clinging, Clinging to Lord, Danger, Darkness, drown, Evil, faith fails, Fear, Feel alone, Feel His embrace, floor, Floor falls, God's Voice, Grief, Hear, His Voice, Jesus, Jesus Never Fails, Jesus never leaves, Jesus with us always, Loneliness, Lonely, Never Alone, Never fails, Never Leaves, Never Lets You Down, Pain, Path, Promises, roof, Roof caves, Sadness, Sleep, sleepless, Still Small Voice, Tears, tears drown, Trouble, Trouble Comes, turbulence, veil, veils, Warm Embrace, When, Word of God
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LORD – I Have YOU to Rescue Me
Grieving is my season – yes – or no – It’s true my comfort zone has been shattered – I’ve been robbed by death of the man I loved – He was robbed of his health – not by God … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged 1 corinthians 15, bible kjv, Christianity, Comfort Zone, Death, footing, Gave His life, God, Grace, Grave, Graves, Graveyards, Grieve, Grieving, health, Jesus, Lord, Lord Jesus, lost footing, Man I loved, No more graveyards, No more tears, Peter, Rescue, Rescue me, Rest, Resting in Jesus, Robbed, Robbed of health, Savior, Season, Seasons, Space, Stop, Stop grieving, Storm, Tears, Trample Death, Walk on Water, Walked on Water, Widow, Widows
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All Is Right – Almighty LORD GOD
Sitting by his bedside – watching His labored breaths – my husband – Beloved – enduring battered life – Sleep his only respite – temporary – Waking alone at night – struggling – Pulling – lifting – reaching up With … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged 2 corinthians 5, Abundant life, All his might, All Is Right, All my might, Almighty, Alzheimer's, Batteredlife, Bedside, Beloved, bible kjv, Breathe, By his stripes healed, Cheeks, Come, Come up here, Enduring, Faith, Fight, God, Groaning, Heal, Healed, Healing, Hear me, heart breaks, Husband, I trust You, In Christ, Labored breaths, Lifting, Lord, LORD God, My Husband, new covenant, Pray, Prayer, precious husband, Pulling, reaching up, Respite, Right, Righteousness of God, Sleep, Sleep only Respite, Speak, Stripes healed, Struggling, Swallow, Swallow food, Tears, Tears roll down cheeks, Trust, Waking alone, Watching
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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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No Matter How Rich or Poor We Are
LORD – You give us hope and comfort Trial and strength together sent Tears blend with blood and sweat But it’s not over yet Some new adventure awaits us Though it may not be much fun There’ll be a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Adventure, Blood, Comfort, Hope, Hope and Comfort, It's Not Over Yet, Joyful, Joyful End, Joyful Ending, New Adventure, Not fun, Poor, Rich, Rich or Poor, Strength, Sweat, Tears, Tears Blend with Blood and Sweat, Tests, The Best Is Yet, Trial, Trial and Strength Together, Trophies, Trophies or Tests, When All the Work is Done, Work Is Done, Worth of Life
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There’s No God Like JEHOVAH
There’s no God like JEHOVAH Among the gods there’s none like YOU – It’s true – Jesus – King of Kings – You gave Your life blood On a cross for us I’ll praise You in the morning sunshine … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged All is said, Among the gods, Brush Away, Crave, Cross, Day is Done, Devils Run, Earth Spins, Eyes, Face, High and Lifted Up, I Look for You, JEHOVAH, Jesus, KING OF KINGS, Life Blood, Like a Child, Lord, Mid Day Heat, Morning Sunshine, My God, My Savior, Not a Problem You Can't Solve, Not One Soul You Don't Love, On a Cross for us, Only You I Crave, Praise You, Problem, Raining Buckets, Seek, Solve, Someday, Soul Love, Speak a Word, Tears, Tears Falling from My Eyes, The Mighty One, There's No God Like JEHOVAH, There's None Like You, You gave Your Life Blood, Your Face I seek
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Not Again
Hit the bottom Sank below Disillusioned Dejected Depressed Angry too Spoke my sorrow Made my protest Threw my tantrum Shed my tears Will I never rise above my weakness Will I never hold out faithful to the end Testing shows … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Anger, Crash, Fail, Fall, Forgiveness, Jesus, love, Mistake, Sin, Stumble, Tears, Weakness
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The Bad Stuff
The bad stuff that happens Makes my heart throb Makes my knees knob In fact it makes me Want to sob Yet I have my Savior’s promise That He will make the bad stuff Work together for good For me … Continue reading
