Traces of Time . . . September 8-14, 2025

 TRACES OF TIME . . .     

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Week of

SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2025

Stay on the Covenant Path

to reach the

Tree of Life

 

A wise person once said, 

"Every society will be judged by

how it treats the least fortunate."

"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...                             

TIME...

On this blog I share with family and friends my thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020.

*All that I am or ever hope to be,

I not only owe to my 

angel mother and father,

...but to my wonderful husband,

Walter Ray Petersen.

Walt called himself... 

"The last of the old-time country doctors."

He delivered about 4,000 babies, among fixing broken hips, other surgeries, and even made house calls.As Janie said in his obituary:"He healed many hearts, heads, hands, and everything in-between."

 In the 1950s you had to be 20 to serve a mission. This is Walt in August 1954, on the day he was set apart in Salt Lake City 

to be a missionary.

One of Walt's happiest of happy places was as the pilot flying...

Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...

Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. Foxtrot 48--something was the call number  {he owned with two partners).

We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--FIRST MISSIONJuly 1995-July 1998   

               Mission President and wife of the                Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan*** *** ***SECOND MISSION     Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,  Costa Rica, Panama12 missions -                     2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***THIRD MISSIONSep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries*** *** ***

FOURTH MISSIONJuly 2014-Nov 2018Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador Temple*** *** ***This totaled 9 1/2 years out of theUnited States.Grampa Petersen told our grandchildren that the Prophet said: "If you love your grandchildrfen, serve a mission,"To which g-dau Ashley asked:"How many?"

*** *** ***Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.

This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...

  ...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and with a new gg-son 8-28-'25 = 9 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 72.

Week of

SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2025

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025

Family is Everything….

 Sunrise:  7:03 a.m.                                           Sunset 7:46 p.m. 

Mary Lu's sunflowers

are really tall...

Riggy's home from 

school...

...3:37 every afternoon.

French toast supper...

  TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER 9, 2025

Family is Everything…

       Family is Everything

Happy Birthday, Jackson

in Saratoga Springs... 

Julie's post on face book...

 I seriously can’t keep my kids

 from growing up! I was lucky to

 get to spend the day with

 Jackson. I sure love this kid. 

    I guess he was destined to

 love Superman from birth!

#1stHalloween

Birthday Supper at

Olive Garden

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TRADITIONAL  

BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST

Donuts 'n Chocolate Milk

  

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Institute resumed today...

 

 Jackson's Birthday Supper

at Olive Garden

 The kid's lasange

meal was just the 

right size for me.

 Interesting clouds on

drive home...

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MOVIE NIGHT HAD TO

BE CANCELLED AGAIN.

 The Classics...  {36}

Gary

Next week we are planning to watch

"The Count of Monte Cristo"

There are 4 versions--

1933, 1975, 2002, 2024.

Here's the list Gary sent to me of the 

36 Movies from Classic Books we've 

watched Sep 2024 to Aug 2025.

 

9/4/		Sense and Sensibility (1995)
9/11/		Pride and Prejudice (1940)
9/18/		Pride and Prejudice (2005)
9/25/		Wuthering Heights (1939)
10/2/		Wuthering Heights (1970)
10/9/		Wuthering Heights (1992)
10/16/		To Kill a Mocking Bird 1962
10/23/		House of Frankenstein 1944
10/30/		Golden Earrings 1947
11/6/		Little Women (1933)
11/13/		Little Women (1949)
11/20/		Little Women (1994)
12/4/2024		A Christmas Carol (1938)
12/11/2024		Scrooge (1951)
12/18/2024		A Christmas Carol (1984)
1/1/2025		A Christmas Carol (1999)
1/8/2025		Of Human Bondage (1938)
1/15/2025		Of Human Bondage (1964)
1/29/2025		That's Entertainment! 1974
2/5/2025		That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
2/12/2025		That's Entertainment, Part III 1904
2/19/2025		The Yearling 1946
3/12/2025		A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
3/19/2025		A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
4/16/2025		The Princess Bride 1987
4/30/2025		Conclave 2024
5/20/2025		Great Expectations (1946)
6/3/2025		Great Expectations (1978)
6/10/2025		Great Expectations (2012)
6/24/2025		David Copperfield 1935
7/1/2025		David Copperfield 1970
7/8/2025		Treasure Island 1950
7/15/2025		Treasure Island 1934
7/29/2025		Treasure Island 1990
8/5/2025		Moby Dick 1956
8/19/2025		In the Heart of the Sea

 Here's a list of 30 more movies from

classic books Gary sent to consider 

for our future watchlist:

 

	Count of Monte Cristo
	The Great Gatsby
	Alice in Wonderland
	Anna Karenina
	Crime and Punishment
	Doctor Zhivago
	Emma
	Howards End
	Jane Eyre
	Les Miserables
	Lord of the Flies
	Macbeth
	Of Mice and Men
	Oliver Twist
	Rebecca
	Romeo and Juliet
	Sherlock Holmes
	The Brothers Karamozov
	The Chronicles of Narnia
	The Color Purple
	The Importance of Being Earnest
	The Invisible Man
	The Lord of the Rings
	The Man in the Iron Mask
	The Snows of Kilimanjaro
	The Three Musketeers
	War & Peace
For November (Veteran's Day)
	A Farewell to Arms
	All Quiet on the Western Front
	For Whom the Bell Tolls

 Since December 2018...

...we've seen 253 movies to now

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

Family is Everything…

...and so are friends!

 Lunch Bunch was at Chili's... 

Editing photos...

Luciano was our waiter...

He said he goes by Luci.

Nadine, thank you for

driving us today.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025

Family is Everything…

 Tributes for Charlie Kirk

Flags out for 9-11.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025

                 

Family is Everything…

  

Happy 

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SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

  

                    Family is Everything…

 Steve took me to lunch at The Habit at 2:15 then we went to the Saratoga Springs Fat Cats to see "Downton Abbey" at 3;15.

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"During His ministry, the Saviour spoke of His return and used this Parable [The Ten Virgins] to impress upon us the importance of preparation for this momentous event. Despite of its ancient setting, this is our parable, meant for us of the ‘eleventh hour’ who ‘are in the closing scenes of the present world (v 3). Our dispensation is known as the ‘Saturday night’ of time.”

Joseph Fielding Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith
10th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
January 23, 1970 – July 2, 1972
Predecessor	David O. McKay
Successor	Harold B. Lee
Counselor in the First Presidency
October 29, 1965 – January 18, 1970
Called by	David O. McKay
End reason	Dissolution of First Presidency upon the death of David O. McKay
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 9, 1951 – January 23, 1970
Predecessor	David O. McKay
Successor	Harold B. Lee
End reason	Became President of the Church
Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
August 8, 1950 – April 4, 1951
Reason	David O. McKay was serving as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to George Albert Smith
End reason	Became President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 7, 1910 – January 23, 1970
Called by	Joseph F. Smith
End reason	Became President of the Church
LDS Church Apostle
April 7, 1910 – July 2, 1972
Called by	Joseph F. Smith
Reason	Death of John R. Winder; John Henry Smith added to First Presidency
Reorganization at end of term	Bruce R. McConkie ordained
Personal details
Born	Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr. July 19, 1876 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1972 (aged 95) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W
Spouse(s)	Louie Emily Shurtliff ​ ​ (m. 1898; died 1908)​ Ethel Georgina Reynolds ​ ​ (m. 1908; died 1937)​ Jessie Ella Evans ​ ​ (m. 1938; died 1971)​
Children	11
Parents	Joseph F. Smith Julina Lambson Smith
Signature

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SUNDAY, 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2025

                     

Family is Everything…

 Sunday

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward 

This afternoon...

** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of  Jesus Christ that makes this

 Great Plan operational.

At the end of this 

September 14th,

I pray you have had a                           restful, peaceful, and spiritual     Sabbath Day...

I share these truths as                                my testimony to you...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  He loves us just as we are at this very moment.

*** *** ***

Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. 

“An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son. Nevertheless, some reject and many are indifferent to these and other divine beckonings, mostly because they are too caught up in the cares of the world. They are strangers to the Savior, who is far from the thoughts and intents of their hearts.”

Neal A Maxwell

How Choice a Seer!

                                                                     Revelation 19:16: -- "And he hath on his vesture and on

 his thigh a name written, 

KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS".

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I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead. 

Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."

***  *** *** *** ***

Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.

*** *** ***

President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

“Keep on the covenant path,”                                         “Gather Israel,”                                                                     “Let God prevail,”                                                                 “Build bridges of understanding,”                                 “Give thanks,”                                                             “Increase your faith in Jesus Christ,”                                 “Take charge of your testimony,”                                         and “Become a peacemaker.”

Russell M. Nelson

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The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

*** *** ***

The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.

*** *** ***

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  Because of the restored Priesthood Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

 

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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Eileen Petersen

September 14, 2025 

                                      

Next week ...

SEP 15-21

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TRACES OF TIME . . .     

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Week of

SEPTEMBER 15-21, 2025

Stay on the Covenant Path

to reach the

Tree of Life

 

A wise person once said, 

"Every society will be judged by

how it treats the least fortunate."

"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...                             

TIME...

On this blog I share with family and friends my thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020.

*All that I am or ever hope to be,

I not only owe to my 

angel mother and father,

...but to my wonderful husband,

Walter Ray Petersen.

Walt called himself... 

"The last of the old-time country doctors."

He delivered about 4,000 babies, among fixing broken hips, other surgeries, and even made house calls.As Janie said in his obituary:"He healed many hearts, heads, hands, and everything in-between."

 In the 1950s you had to be 20 to serve a mission. This is Walt in August 1954, on the day he was set apart in Salt Lake City 

to be a missionary.

One of Walt's happiest of happy places was as the pilot flying...

Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...

Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. Foxtrot 48--something was the call number  {he owned with two partners).

We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--FIRST MISSIONJuly 1995-July 1998   

               Mission President and wife of the                Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan*** *** ***SECOND MISSION     Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,  Costa Rica, Panama12 missions -                     2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***THIRD MISSIONSep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries*** *** ***

FOURTH MISSIONJuly 2014-Nov 2018Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador Temple*** *** ***This totaled 9 1/2 years out of theUnited States.Grampa Petersen told our grandchildren that the Prophet said: "If you love your grandchildrfen, serve a mission,"To which g-dau Ashley asked:"How many?"

*** *** ***Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.

This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...

  ...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and with a new gg-son 8-28-'25 = 9 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 72.

Week of

SEPTEMBER 15-21, 2025

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

Family is Everything….

 Sunrise:  7: a.m.                                           Sunset 7: p.m. 

TUESDAY,  SEPTEMBER 16, 2025

Family is Everything…

       Family is Everything

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

Family is Everything…

...and so are friends!

 Lunch Bunch was at Magelby's in Springville... 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

Family is Everything…

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2025

                 

Family is Everything…

  

Happy 

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SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 20, 2025

  

                    Family is Everything…

 To 

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2025

                     

Family is Everything…

 Sunday

Saratoga Springs Utah 

This afternoon...

** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of  Jesus Christ that makes this

 Great Plan operational.

At the end of this 

September 21st,

I pray you have had a                           restful, peaceful, and spiritual     Sabbath Day...

I share these truths as                                my testimony to you...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  He loves us just as we are at this very moment.

*** *** ***

Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. 

“An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son. Nevertheless, some reject and many are indifferent to these and other divine beckonings, mostly because they are too caught up in the cares of the world. They are strangers to the Savior, who is far from the thoughts and intents of their hearts.”

Neal A Maxwell

How Choice a Seer!

                                                                     Revelation 19:16: -- "And he hath on his vesture and on

 his thigh a name written, 

KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS".

*** *** ***

*** *** ***

I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead. 

Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."

***  *** *** *** ***

Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.

*** *** ***

President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

“Keep on the covenant path,”                                         “Gather Israel,”                                                                     “Let God prevail,”                                                                 “Build bridges of understanding,”                                 “Give thanks,”                                                             “Increase your faith in Jesus Christ,”                                 “Take charge of your testimony,”                                         and “Become a peacemaker.”

Russell M. Nelson

*** *** ***  *** *** ***

The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

*** *** ***

The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.

*** *** ***

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  Because of the restored Priesthood Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

 

*** *** ***

Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Eileen Petersen

September 21, 2025 

                                      

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