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Regrets, I’ve Had A Few

There are some things I’ve discovered over the course of my life.  Some, I’ve known for a while.  Other are just becoming  apparent to me.  Maybe life has to slap you around a little before you discover the truth about yourself.  Like the fact that I’m a slow learner.  And that I’ll never skate inContinue reading “Regrets, I’ve Had A Few”

Posted byJudith PettersenJune 5, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Regrets, I’ve Had A Few

Balancing Act

About a week after my dad died, I felt the  Earth tilt.  I stepped out of bed one morning and fell toward the ceiling.  My whole world was upside down and spinning.  It was like riding a tilt a whirl at the fair.   I am living with Vertigo.  It’s often connected with blurred visionContinue reading “Balancing Act”

Posted byJudith PettersenMay 23, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Balancing Act

I’ll Be Seeing You

Last night I dreamed about my dad.  He passed on a week ago, Saturday.  For the first moments when I wake in the morning, I forget that he’s gone.  I feel the weight of something pressing on my heart, and I wonder at it.  That’s when I remember.  I lie there, feeling the loss ofContinue reading “I’ll Be Seeing You”

Posted byJudith PettersenApril 30, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on I’ll Be Seeing You

The Aging Games

In the movie, The Hunger Games, the main characters spend a lot of time running for their lives. Its a little like the game of Survivor, except the voting is done with weapons and its not just your torch that gets snuffed. For thousands of years, human kind has loved a good contest. Think gladiators.Continue reading “The Aging Games”

Posted byJudith PettersenMarch 30, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on The Aging Games

Show Me The Way To Go Home

Now that I’m spending more time in Winnipeg, I’ve been struggling once again with an inability to find the way to and from…anywhere.  It’s like someone has taken a sponge and wiped out parts of my brain.  A number of years ago, I couldn’t find the Sport-ex in the town of Creighton.  I had toContinue reading “Show Me The Way To Go Home”

Posted byJudith PettersenMarch 13, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Show Me The Way To Go Home

Uphill, Both Ways

      Its been creeping up on me for a long time.   I finally have to acknowledge something that my children have known about me for awhile.  Like my father before me, I’ve begun whining about How Much Things Have Changed.  Sure, I never walked five miles to school, uphill both ways, inContinue reading “Uphill, Both Ways”

Posted byJudith PettersenFebruary 28, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Uphill, Both Ways

The Sound of Your Life

     I am aware of the fact that I have a good life.  This is true for most of the people I know, though all of us face adversity from time to time.  Still, I’m going to whine a little about something that my life is  missing.  In order to have it, Apple would haveContinue reading “The Sound of Your Life”

Posted byJudith PettersenFebruary 16, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on The Sound of Your Life

Love Story

This is reprinted for Connor and Cheyenne, Susan and Brent, and for baby Mason, the newest addition to the clan. February is the month for stories of the heart.  If you’ve ever set sail on the ship of love, you’ll recall the intensity, the pain and the wonder of it all.  Yet ask any newContinue reading “Love Story”

Posted byJudith PettersenFebruary 11, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Love Story

Best Year Ever

2012.  Two thousand twelve.  It doesn’t matter how I write it, I love the look and sound of the new year.  Never mind the Mayans or anyone else who has a bad word to say about it.  I have a good feeling about this one.  For the first time ever, I’ve been able to writeContinue reading “Best Year Ever”

Posted byJudith PettersenJanuary 14, 2012Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Best Year Ever

Holding on for Dear Life

On Sunday, my dad turned eighty-six years old.  We held a small family party for him at our house, which is a little trickier than it used to be, because he can’t walk.  We had dinner in the garden, rolling his chair down the brick path and right up to the table.  It was a treat for all ofContinue reading “Holding on for Dear Life”

Posted byJudith PettersenSeptember 1, 2011Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Holding on for Dear Life

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