Traces of Time . . . Week of August 10-16

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AUGUST 10-16, 2025

Stay on the Covenant Path

to reach the

Tree of Life

"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...        

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.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.         

         MONDAY, 

AUGUST 10, 2026

Family is 

Everything...                             

Sunrise: 6:34 a.m. 

Sunset:  8:31 p.m.

[I forgot to get a

photo with

Dr. Harris,

so I copied the

ones from

6 months ago.]

Dr. Harris froze off

several pre-cancer spots

on my left hand, arms, 

scalp, and right cheek.

Dr. Harris, and Everest

Luckily, no biopsies had

to be done and he said 

I'm good for six more months.

Leesa made me an 

appointment for 

Monday, August 10

at 11:20 a.m.

Leesa

Back to today...

Leesa, Ella, and Ella

 Ready to leave...

 Thank you, Julie, for

driving me to

and from this

appointment

with Dr. Harris...

who used to live

in our neighborhood

until he built his

new home by the

lake, but still in

this same HOA.

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John brought me

these yummy 

chocolate cookies

he just made.

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Further Update to August 10 

for the movie

The Odyessey that

opened July 17:

Release dates	July 6, 2026 (Odeon Luxe Leicester Square) July 17, 2026 (United States and United Kingdom)
Running time	173 minutes[2]
Countries	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$250 million[3]
Box office	$1.119 billion[4][5]

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TUESDAY, 

AUGUST 11, 2026

Family is Everything...

 Seven months ago,

on Jan. 11,

President Oaks 

said in the 

dedication of the

Burley Idaho Temple:

“There is a vast difference, therefore, between an omniscient God and the false notion that God is on some sort of post-doctoral fellowship, still searching for additional key truths and vital data. Were the latter so, God might, at any moment, discover some new truth not previously known to Him that would restructure, diminish, or undercut certain truths previously known by Him. Prophecy would be mere prediction. Planning assumptions pertaining to our redemption would need to be revised. Fortunately for us, however, His plan of salvation is constantly underway—not constantly under revision. …

“In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all!” (All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience [1979], 14–15, 21). - Neal Ash Maxwell 

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   Our Tuesday night movie was

" Judgement at Nuremburg" 

from 1961

Budget	$3 million[2]
Box office	$16 million[3]

The 1961 classic film Judgment at Nuremberg, directed by Stanley Kramer, features iconic original promotional art highlighting its star-studded cast like Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, and Judy Garland.

We love our movie nights...

Thanks, Gary for starting this tradition.

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WEDNESDAY,

AUGUST 12, 2026

Family is 

Everything...

   Happy Birthday to

Michael today... "38" Will Be Great

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...and Happy Birthday to

our Prophet, President

Dallin H. Oaks today...

"94"

Married 26 years...

Kristen is 85...

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 Katie’s facebook post – August 12, 2026

“1st Day of School! Taitum’s last 1st day of school for elementary in a new school that we are all very excited about! Her new teachers are so great and we are excited for the year! Diesel is also at a new school that’s in our neighborhood and he’s excited to get a chance to ride a bike to school and make friends close to home! — last pic is the first day of school from last year, I love seeing how much my kids grow each year .”

Last year - 2025 August in Texas...

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Lunch Bunch was

at Olive Garden...

12 came...

Linda went to be with

her daughter Cindy in

Colorado on Aug 4...

MaryAnn's at San Pedro

where she grew up in

Califorina...

Diane's going to

Yellowstone...

Kathie is going to

Hawaii with Bryant...

So Sue

These are the 12 who came...

Clockwise... 

Sue, Shauna, Kaye, 

Carol, Jennie, Becky, 

SuzAnne, Tammy, Lydia, 

Jeannie, Faye, Eileen

      

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Isaac comes over

on Wednesday nights

to have supper 

and be with Gary. 

Isaac had been craving 

an In-n-Out burger

so that's what we had.

Isaac asked if I could

come over to join them

at the BroCasa this week.

We had so much fun 

playing board games...

Scattergories and...

...ending with 

Chinese Checkers...

 "Chinese Checkers, a variant of Halma, was originally published in 1892 as Stern-Halma (German for "Star Halma") and later renamed upon marketing to the United States to appear more exotic. The name is misleading, since the game has no historical connection with China…

Chinese checkers (US) or Chinese chequers (UK), known as Sternhalma in German, is a strategy board game of German origin that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners.The game is a modern and simplified variation of the game Halma.

Halma (from Greek: ἅλμα, romanized: hálma, meaning “leap") is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School. His inspiration was the English game Hoppity which was devised in 1854."

Info from Wikipedia

 THURSDAY, 

AUGUST 13, 2026

                       Family is 

Everything…

                 

          Enjoying these 

beautiful flowers...

...that Steve and his

grandson brought...

 FRIDAY, 

AUGUST 14, 2026

       Family is 

Everything…

 

with 

A great friend of ours sent us an email that

 included this phrase:

"NORMAL is not coming back, 

JESUS IS!"

Pretty much sums it up!

 

 AUGUST 15, 2026       

SATURDAY,   

  

                    Family is 

Everything…

  Rendezvousing with life...

 Happy birthday to Princess Anne! King Charles’s younger sister and aunt to Prince William and Prince Harry – often dubbed the hardest-working member of the Royal Family – turns 76 today

: Getty

#royalfamily

Sunset was at 8:25...

SUNDAY,

AUGUST 16, 2026 

                     

Family is 

Everything

 Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

Gospel Doctrine

Esther or Job...

This painting of

Queen Esther is in

a lot of our Temples.

It was in the

Bride's Room of our

San Salvador Temple.

I just learned the

artist is

Minerva Teichert.

MINERVA painted the

murals in the Manti Temple.

Minerva Teichert
Teichert in 1908
Born	August 28, 1888 Ogden, Utah Territory
Died	May 3, 1976 (aged 87) Provo, Utah, U.S.
Education	Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League of New York
Known for	Western Art, Mormon Art
Notable work	Christ in a Red Robe, Queen Esther, and Return of Captive Israel

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If you have not seen 

our mini-life-sketch,

it is at the end of 

my testimony below...

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Redemption is equal because Christ is infinite...

-- Alma 34:14.

Glory is different because agency is real...

-- Doctrine and Covenants 93:31.

--The Bronze Serpent

 

** *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 

August 16th, 2026

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.

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Heavenly Mother...

♪♫♪♪♫ "...Truth is reason;

truth eternal tells me I've a

Mother there..." ♪♫♪♪♫

--Eliza R. Snow

"O, My Father"

President Dallin H.Oaks said...

"For as we have a Father in heaven, so also we have a Mother there, a glorified, exalted, ennobled Mother. That is a startling doctrine, I recognize, to some folk, and yet we ought to be governed by reason in giving consideration to this doctrine which is a revelation from God" (Sermons and Mission Services of Melvin Joseph Ballard, 205).

"For reasons the Lord has not revealed, we do not know much about a Heavenly Mother. But we have been told that the purpose of life on earth is to give us the opportunity to grow toward being like our Heavenly Father. And we know that we are children of Heavenly Parents. So we know that we have a Heavenly Mother or Mothers. But for reasons the Lord has not revealed, we do not know much about our Heavenly Mother. But we know we must have one because both men and women are working for exaltation . . ." - President Oaks

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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."

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

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President Dallin H. Oaks is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

Priesthood

Aaronic and

Melchizedek

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Of these truths I testify in the 

Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Eileen Petersen

August 16, 2026  

Our mini-life sketch:

 TRACES OF OUR 

TIME on this earth. . .                  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...we belongto eternity...Neal A. Maxwell

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.

For the 59 years we lived 

together on this earth,

I pinched myself that

I was the lucky gal 

whom he chose to be

 his

eterna sweetheart.

I still can hardly

believe it.

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."He not only healed medically, but he healed spiritually as a bishop, stake president, mission president, temple president, patriarch, doctor, friend, husband, father, grandfather--an all around exceptional person. Our friend, Jeff Rasmussen, said: "There will never be another like Walt Petersen in our town."

 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--

 second only to being 

with me and our children--

was as a pilot flying...

Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...

Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. 4824 Foxtrot was the call number.  {He owned the plane with two partners).

We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--FIRST MISSIONJuly 1995-July 1998  3 YEARS 

               Mission President and wife of the                Mexico Merida Mission - YucatanCancun was in our Mission.We drove 3,000 miles each month to Zone conferences and to interview the missionaries.*** *** ***SECOND MISSION     Mar 2005-Feb 20072 YEARSArea Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,  Costa Rica, Panama.We lived in Guatemala City.we went to a differant country each month.12 missions -                     2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***THIRD MISSIONSep 2008-Mar 20101 1/2 YEARSArea Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - -2300 missionaries*** *** ***

FOURTH MISSIONJuly 2011 -Nov 20143 YEARS 3 MONTHS
Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador TempleDedicated Aug 21, 2011*** *** ***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?"

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

Family... From 1963 to 1974 we hadseven and called that heaven...

June 1986 - Our 25th Wedding Anniversary

2018 - CHILDREN AND SPOUSES

   When you lose the man you loved most in this life, things are never the same.

The grief doesn’t just disappear — it 

simply becomes part of who you are. 

I will be forever grateful for my husband, one of the greatest gifts I've ever rsceived.

Sealed by the authority

of the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood

  for time and eternity...

which means forever together.

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This blog is...

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

 

...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--12 spouses of G-C, and with a new gg-son 7-22-'26 = 12 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 78...

    Next Week...

Next week during my turn on earth...

AUGUST 17-23, 2026