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About Me

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved" ~ Helen Keller
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Cutting to the chase...I'm Judie. I'm seriously easy-going & can be a firecracker all-in-one. Big things come in small packages. Now think about this, but first imagine yourself hearing the following question and replace my name with your own. It's more than food for thought...it's life, and you are no more invinsible than I.
Are you accepting the fact that you will never walk again, Judie? Those are the first words I remember hearing just 10 days after my 25th birthday while I was being wheeled up to the fourth floor after spending 4 days in ICU. While my back had been broken, both lungs punctured and glass working its way out of my skull slowly (all as a result of a car accident, and I was the designated driver at that), I was realizing it wasn't a dream...I was now going to roll through life in a wheelchair.
And now for the LIFE LESSONS I have embraced for the sheer reasons that I have realized that to truly LIVE, one must learn what dying is like and therefore I wholeheartedly believe that life is too short to throw a pity party when things don't go your way. That's why I don't take the little things in life for granted - not anymore. We all do it, admit it. Another life lesson I've learned is to never underestimate yourself. You will never know what you are capable of until life throws you a curve you never saw coming and the choices you have are to either deal with it and see it as a challenge and opportunity to learn and grow or u can throw a pity party and give up, get angry, blame...
Always remember there is somebody out there that has it much, much worse than you. Count your blessings, smile alot even if you're having a crappy day and don't waste your energy on things you cannot change and instead use that energy to change the things you can.
The Keys to Your Heart
You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.
In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.
You'd like for your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.
Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted. What Are The Keys To Your Heart?
JUDIE
Jis forJoyous
Uis forUnforgettable
Dis forDelightful
Iis forInfluential
Eis forEarnest What Does Your Name Mean?

My Interests

WHY WORRY AND HAVE WRINKLES, WHEN U CAN SMILE AND HAVE DIMPLES!

I dig the sun and outdoorsy stuff, bbq's, kayaking, rollercoasters, and anything that gets my heart beating out of my chest to sometimes remind me i'm still alive (skydiving ROCKS and no, there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane!). I absolutely love acoustic quitar pickin, body art and piercings, malibu rum on the rocks, men that aren't afraid to cry and don't lie, watching extreme sports of ALL sorts...especially UFC, meeting new people and seeing old friends, getting the hell out of Longview, expanding my horizons, mentoring kids with disabilities, reporting on and watching someone get a $250 ticket for illegally parking in a handicap parking space (they always say they were just running in for a minute and btw, laziness is NOT a disability) not to mention setting people straight that for some ridiculous reason think people in chairs must have a disease that is contagious if they talk to you or stand too close to you. I'm very easily entertained and I see the true beauty in the little things in life that too many people don't take the time to notice. I'm also interested in interesting people that have stories that inspire me to keep on keeping on.

Sign up for my POWER E-Newsletter! Enter your personal email above and you'll get my non-profit POWER, Inc. "EMPOWER Yourself" E-News Bulletins (usually I publish them bi-monthly)! It's full of cool information, pictures and updates on the group...and no, I'm not trying to sell anything except the idea of people helping people!

By the way, you can also view in more detail what POWER is all about by clicking on my first "friend", POWER. Check us out! We have fun!
I'm Executive Director/Co-founder of a non-profit org called POWER, Inc. (People On Wheels Encouraging Responsibility) and our mission statement is to help enable independence for people with physical disabilities. If you want more info about what we do, I suggest you read my blog called "emPOWERed"...and the following little clip was carefully constructed by a dear friend, Will, and if you can't read the billboard, this is what it says...(Come to the edge he said...But we are afraid they said... Come to the edge he said...And they came to the edge and he pushed them...And they flew.)

I'd like to meet:

I lived thru my accident for a reason, so I'm here to live rather than just exist. My interests are pretty diverse and people in general just fascinate me. I avoid negative people at all costs. It helps preserve my sanity. I love to have fun and be surrounded by friends. I'm commited to the long haul and I'll die for the people that I hold dear. I have a lot of love to go around so when it comes to the opposite sex, jealousy has no room to exist in my ventures. confidence is very attractive to me in both men and women.

i have some pretty colorful friends, to say the least. i would really like to meet more people close by to just kick it with doing whatever...i like being spontaneous and i'm far from high maintenence! i truly believe that God puts people in our paths for a reason. i live a purposeful life and know when all the stars line up right i will find my special bright spot, cuz i know he's out there somewhere lookin for me too.

Music:

Anything from Mazzy Star to Pantera... Bob Marley, Clutch, Beastie Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Miller Band, Bad Brains, Mushroom Head, Lynrd Skynrd, Down, Deftones, Sublime, old Metallica, Beck, Korn, Patsy Cline, Joss Stone, Rage Against the Machine, Stevie Ray, did I mention Clutch? anyway, DamagePlan, Black Sabbath, and so on...I grew up listening to bluegrass and old country (the real deals like Hank Snow and Johnny Cash), not to mention the polka (laugh with me, not at me...it's part of my heritage) in the mix of it all...go figure. So I'm pretty versatile except when it comes to new country - ick.

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, I Am Sam, Simon Birch, Lord of the Rings, The Shining, Hook, Saw, Multiplicity, The Doors, Edward Scissorhands, Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (the original), Ghost, Joe Almighty, You've Got Mail, Liar Liar, Sleepless In Seattle, Murderball, Jackass, SouthPark the Movie, Housesitter, Toy Story, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Momento, SFW, The Green Mile, First Knight, Oceans Eleven, 50 First Dates, Anything Michael Moore, yada yada...too many keepers

Television:

World's Wildest Police Videos, Daily Show w/Jon Stewart, SouthPark, 24, New Detectives and any other crime investigative/forensic science junkie show, Travel Channel, CNN, Ultimate Fighter, ummm...yep, that about covers it.

Books:

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...It's All Small Stuff (it keeps me in check); If Only I Knew by Lance Wubbels; Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (possibly the sweetest book about the fact that death is a part of life); No Excuses by Kyle Maynard (this congenital amputee, which means he was born with arms that end at the elbows and legs that end above the knee is a freakin sport champion wrestler!); and all of Mattie Stepanek's books...Heartsongs, Journey thru Heartsongs, etc...if you don't know who Mattie was before he went to be with his maker at the young age of 13 you need to go to mattieonline.com and expand your mind.......

Heroes:

my mom...September 1932-February 2008. she was the backbone of my family and the strongest, most loving, most compassionate, most soft-spoken whip-cracker on the planet. words cannot describe how much i miss her. I AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF MY MOM...and i will always strive to be as strong a woman as she was. i also respect any individual that defies the "odds" against them, chooses to live rather than just exist and lets no one nor nothing stand in their way of happiness and contentment while leaving the world a more pleasant and enlightened place than it was before they were here...kinda like Jesus did.

My Blog

A Message from George

RIP 1937-2008A Message by George Carlin:The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, ...
Posted by Charmed on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:57:00 PST

The Awakened Life

Let's take a look at the BIG PICTURE...it's food for thought:)_________________________________The Awakened Lifeby Dr Wayne Dyer_________________________________part 1 part 2 p...
Posted by Charmed on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:15:00 PST

Heartsong

My mom was laid to rest today. Sometimes there just aren't any words to be said, but I tried like hell to sum it up in the eulogy I wrote below. It's hard for me to imagine life without her. Anyone...
Posted by Charmed on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:13:00 PST

If you keep your eyes open...

Life's little miracles might appear in some of the most obscure places.This little "siamese twin" shasta daisy grew in my mom's flower pot on her front porch. It has just one stem but fashions two se...
Posted by Charmed on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:20:00 PST

To all my girls...Empower yourselves

Shared by my friend, ~Crystal K~Tips to being a Strong Woman If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.Stop making excuses for a man and his behav...
Posted by Charmed on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:06:00 PST

Too much damn information

I'm simply blogging these for my own future personal reference. If u find something interestingly "clickable", go for it:)Consider yourself warned...this is a lot of damn information. Enllighten you...
Posted by Charmed on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:04:00 PST

Worth blogging...Freedom or Story

A bulletin post from the beautiful Emanations Of LoveYour Choice~ Freedom or StoryBy Margot Zaher and Jafree In each moment of life we have the choice to respond to others (or our mind) from a complet...
Posted by Charmed on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:32:00 PST

Annual POWER Event!

My non-profit org, POWER, Inc. is hosting our 6th Annual Sports Fest on Saturday, September 15th. This opportunity for us to serve people with disAbilities and their families has been one of the most...
Posted by Charmed on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:09:00 PST

HTML notes to self

this post is really for myself...i found it in a bulletin and i am currently interested in learning html so i can maybe someday design a webpage for my non-profit org.if anyone else wants to follow th...
Posted by Charmed on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:47:00 PST

Change

We have all heard about people going through a change of life. This is a physical change that affects people in a variety ways. There is less known "change of life" that some people go through without...
Posted by Charmed on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:55:00 PST