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Waiting/Wading in the UNTILS until .... part 2.

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Hello, Welcome back.... So, in the last post about the UNTILS, we left with the scriptures in our hands and hopefully in your heart as well.  But I felt that there is more to our story than just the scripture.  I know, for me, there is more to this story.   I have always been a planner, I guess one could say wading in the UNTILS.   I love planning but what I have realized over the course of this past year is that wading in the UNTILS doesn't really allow GOD free Reign in our lives.  "Man plans his ways but the LORD directs their steps and makes them sure."   We know when we get ahead of God, He can make us flip on a dime.  He has and sometimes we have had to eat the change.  As RVers, our years and seasons begin to blend together.  Maybe for you too.  We have been living the RV life twice.  Once for about 2 years.  In the first years, Steve was deeply in debt, most would see NO WAY OUT!  But we got out of it.  I met Steve in Norfolk, I was not ready to meet anyone.  We w
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Waymaker, life changer, Holy GOD and Cancer

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  It wasn't what we planned, no one ever plans for a diagnosis that changes their life.   No one ever wants to hear the C word, no one, not one person I know has ever enjoyed the benefits of that word.  Anyone you know of?   It changes your perspective, your outlook, your soul.  You begin to really search for the meanings your life gives to yourself and to others.  You look at where you are in your life and where you want to go.  You start to assess the situation around you. You begin to wonder what in the world is going on.  How are we going to afford this, this will break the bank, even WITH insurance! Once you hit that, you start looking at the right now, the stuff that you HAVE to deal with, the stuff that warrants your attention even though it is a hurry up and then wait, hurry up, and then wait.  This is where the last blog came from.  Wading/Waiting in the UNTILS.  You see, our plan was to visit family in one state for a month, then move up to the next state for the summer a

Waiting/Wading in The UNTILS

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  What does that mean?  Waiting OR Wade in the Untils !    We all wait OR WADE for or in the UNTILS  a few times in our lives.  We wait until we get married, or our children start school, or until  our debts are paid off, or until our kids graduate, or until this or until that.  UNTIL death do us APART- our wedding vows.  The Meaning of UNTIL is... until Å­n-tÄ­l′ - a  preposition Up to the time of. Before (a specified time). Unto; to. We ALL wait for the UNTILS!   What is your UNTIL?  Our UNTIL is ever-changing, much like everyone else's.   Sometimes we even tell our loved ones that UNTIL you change, this won't happen!   But friends, if you want change you have to be the change first.   Our UNTILS were hard as many of yours may be too!   Wait until the cancer treatment is over, wait until we get to where we can settle down.  Wait until we know the schedule to add any more to it.  We sit on wait, waiting on UNTIL!   But UNTIL what?   Sometimes the wait is HARD, sometimes it is a

Look OUT Life!

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  What a wild ride this summer has brought us.  We left Waco at the end of March for Nebraska.  It was supposed to be a 3-day trip, it was an overnight trip.   Our dog Peter had lymphoma for about 8 months and while we had him checked out in Nacogdoches, TX, we knew his time was coming to an end.  During the last two vet visits, he sat on our laps, we talked about it briefly putting him down, but just couldn't do that.  He would sit in the dark bedroom and look through the darkness and you could see his nose and his white fur, and we knew it was almost time.  We got the truck hooked up to the motorhome, came back in, and Peter jumped off his seat and tried to get back up but was stuck, he simply froze and could not move.  I picked him up and put him back on his seat, he laid down and took his final breaths and that was it.  He passed to Heaven.  I know he is in heaven because I do.   How can you not love this face?  Peter was the most gentlest dog except when it came to other dogs

We are back

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 It's been a while right?   A lot has happened since the last time.   We sold Roonie about 2 years ago.  She was a great rig.  She took us to places we never dreamt of going.  We were in Vidalia LA, Beaver UT, Omaha NE, and Montana a few times. We put about 40,000 miles on her.  We crisscrossed America.  Highways and Bi-ways, National Parks, and a few state parks.  We worked at different KOA's for 7 seasons.   Roonie went to a new home and we got Gracie Royale.  Gracie had low miles on it and she has not run the US as much yet, but she is gearing up to.   Mary passed over the Rainbow Bridge the day after Thanksgiving.  We always told her when she was ready, let us know.  She did.  She was an amazing girl. Mary was prescribed by a doctor in FL. Her story is truly one of a fighter who wanted to live.    Life goes on right?   With the Sudden death of my son, at the age of 39 at the end of February, and the two non-speaking-to-us children we have- one just delivered her final blow,

Over the river...

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Can it be, really?  Over a year since I posted.  Wow!  Does not seem like the time flew.  It seemed like we were just in Alabama not long ago.  So, here is our update and hopefully it will be more often. We have been in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana so far this year. This is right next to Great Falls KOA, MT They were running from way out there to come see us.  Beautiful! They followed us from one end to the fence to the other.  Add caption One of my favorite pics.  We share the front seat.  We had traveled a long time, about 6 hours, everyone except Cleo was tired. Home Sweet Home.  The trailer is now gone, we have a tow dolly. Neligh NE, Trail of Tears went through here too.  This is my classroom.  3.5 yrs teaching on the road.  The kids love the views from the window.  5369 classes.  I write down every lesson, the stickies are the name of the student I am teaching. Doing my part