Anne Marie (Jepson) Peterson
Character Profile
"People are fragile," that is what Anne's mom use to tell her when she was growing up as a kid. They can be easily broken like pottery or like her grandmother's expensive china set. Anne didn't really understand the relevance to the statement until her mom was diagnosed with cancer.Life isn't fair, but it does teach it's lessons. Anne used the loss of her mother to inspire her to go to school to be a nurse. She knew she couldn't save everyone but she could make a difference.
"Try to see the best in someone" is something she always heard from her grandmother, and it was statement her grandmother lived by. Her grandmother would give the shirt of her back, if someone needed it. Anne was born in New Sweden, Maine, but after her mom died she sent to be raised by her grandmother in Greenville, Maine.
Meeting Jack Peterson was one of the magical moments in her life. He seemed sad and yet his eyes sparkled with hope. "What was it about him that I can't keep my eyes away from him?", she kept asking herself. Like a magnet she found herself drawn to him, wanting to know who he was and who he wanted to be.
"We all have pain," Anne Peterson found herself always saying, "it's what we do with it that matters. We can hide it or heal, it's doesn't magically go away on it own."
How do you deal with pain and loss?
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Beautifully written, John, truly insightful - but I suppose I should not be surprised. It takes an insightful man to accomplish what you have so far and to envision what you do for the future … and then a combination of strength and sensitivity to put it all into words.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to more of your posts - I just love the way you express yourself!
~~Pamela Glasner, Author~~
This is a great idea, to blog about the characters in the film you envision! I'll be tuning in regularly to see what's happening~
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