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joy in the journey joy in the journey josh and melodie gardner family blog melodie gardner josh miss melodie followers my blog list matt and brit gardner family brigid and thresholds this week we celebrated imbolc st brigid s feast day brigid is the irish saint some say goddess of thresholds she was born at the threshold of the 1 year ago ward up going full kiwi our kiwi eating her kiwis after a year of living in new zealand i have finally tried some very kiwi things weet bix and rugby i now know that both are w 6 years ago emilie s blog june 7 2013 day 1 in kenya we slept in really late today because we were up so late picking me up from the airport we live in the posh part of town and when i walked in i saw 1 12 years ago heartfull blogger one more thing and then i ve got it it has been difficult to put my thoughts and feelings into written form since losing my incredible angel mother mom was always there always eager to ta 16 years ago the chronicles of garnia sweet memories of marion passey joel s gammy passed away last night and joel and i have had the day to process it fully we ve both shed tears of sadness of love lost but we re so happy 16 years ago grace larsen nate jacey faulkner david lori gardner family blog archive blog archive january 1 october 1 august 1 may 1 april 1 march 1 february 2 november 4 october 2 july 1 june 11 may 1 april 2 march 1 february 4 january 3 december 3 september 1 august 1 july 3 june 1 april 3 march 4 february 3 january 4 december 1 august 1 tuesday january 10 2012 oh my little one how is it when i look into your eyes i see the whole world at its finest the worries of worldliness drip away i feel renewed how is it during your times of struggle i become my greatest self my weaknesses become strong how is it that even when challenges await you your sweet simplicity and pure love shines through and your teaching becomes far greater than what i could ever teach you how is it when i touch your tiny fingers that tenderness fills my entire being and suddenly i know what matters most how is it though so small and perhaps insignificant to the world you reach a person s heart and help them see their very essence how is it that my greatest trial has become my greatest joy posted by miss melodie at 10 19 pm 1 comment labels thoughts as robbie overcomes pneumonia wednesday october 19 2011 robbie s hand surgery today robbie is having surgery on his right hand he was born with syndactyly on his 2nd and 3rd digits the surgery entails separating the two fingers and grafting some skin from the right part of his hand it is about a two hour surgery we were also able to get robbie s ent doctor to look at his ears and insert tubes if needed this was not in the original plan but i decided to ask and it worked out tender mercies 10 35am we just got word that the surgery is complete and went well dr hutchinson was very optimistic now we are just waiting to see him posted by miss melodie at 9 02 am no comments labels robbie surgery saturday august 13 2011 swinging posted by josh at 10 39 pm 2 comments tuesday may 31 2011 superpowers for every action there is a reaction newton s law this is what my seven year old told me today and here is how it unfolded this weekend we went and visited steve and alina for memorial day vacation steve just published a book called your superpowers it is aimed toward the youth to reveal the great powers that already exist within themselves and how to unleash them steve read the first chapter with my children and i am amazed how my oldest son adam has taken it to heart just knowing these principles has changed his behavior for example this morning adam needed to wake up at 6 00 in order to get ready for his cello lesson at 6 45am he was tired because we had driven home from idaho last night instead of complaining and continuing to sleep in he got right out of bed got dressed and did all the things he needed to do before it was time to leave i did not have to remind him wow since he had been so efficient of accomplishing his morning tasks he had some extra time happily he hopped into my bed snuggled next to his baby brother and rested until everyone else was ready it was awesome no reminders no nagging it all happened because he was using his first superpower his brain well the use of that super power brain continued to manifest its power as he had his cello lesson his teacher would ask what do you think appassionato means instead of giving up because he didn t know or just blurting out the first thing that came to mind adam stopped and studied the word on the page passionate he said this continued time and again as the lesson progressed it was amazing questions like what is the key of this piece and how many suites did bach write for his unaccompanied cello suites became only a matter of thought it was not until halfway through the lesson that i realized what was happening adam was tapping into the superpower he had read about with uncle steve after the lesson i told adam that i could see his superpowers coming out he was kind of surprised what do you mean he responded with some excitement in his voice i then related everything i had noticed that morning then a discussion unfolded about the power of choice it was one of the best conversations i have ever had with my seven and six year old these are the principles that came to mind as we discussed on the car ride to school 1 for every action there is a reaction there is no emotional tie to this it just simply is it is a law that exists thanks newton so if you are frustrated with something instead of getting all emotional about it look at it from the law perspective i began to relate this law to my own thinking example my house is messy because it is the affect of any or all of the following a it is not well organized b things are not picked up how easy is that instead of focusing on the fear that i do not have enough time to clean my house or that i have several young children and it is difficult to keep up i realize that is simply a cause and effect i have the choice to either fix it or let it be wow this is such a freeing way to look at everything in my life 2 we are free to choose in the scriptures we learn that we can cheer up our hearts because we are free to choose what a glorious thing we get to use our first superpower our brain to bring this joy into our lives and others choice is powerful so powerful that there was an entire war in heaven about it the adversary wants to diminish our superpowers so we cannot use them taking away choice takes away our superpower taking away our superpowers takes away our ability to become greater and more like god no wonder the adversary wanted to take away choice so he would have supremacy over us not letting us realize and exercise the great powers that are god given we talked about addictions that can take away our superpowers such as drugs pornography and even computer games can you believe talking to your six and seven year old about these things in such a natural way my children added their comments as they made connections to these truths that is why we can only play one hour of computer games a day adam commented making the connection of why we have such rules we talked about that even having an obsession of good things can throw us off course we need balance in our lives some work and some play adam piped in we reached the school i watched as adam grasped some change from our car in his hand the money was going to be used for the school fundraiser helping to buy books and supplies for a sister school in africa what a great experience this car ride had provided it had been the vehicle to discuss superpowers adam hopped out of the car and headed toward the school he walked a little taller that day knowing that great powers lie within posted by miss melodie at 10 01 am 5 comments sunday april 10 2011 crawl baby crawl posted by miss melodie at 9 31 pm 1 comment friday march 11 2011 oh everything i learned i learned in kindergarten chattering feet a smile and hello we take a seat parents sitting with their kindergartners the walking report card begins my son smiles up at me amazed that it is only the threesome mom dad and him not the usual pack of noise and scurry that flurries the house no pressure no have to s just simply us i watch as he writes his name excitement flashing in every stroke look at me mom his face tells it all come into my world of wonder and simplicity ah the life of a kindergartner counting skittles creating patterns showing off artwork with pride the piano chord sounds the program begins oh how i love that toothless grin songs smiles dancing too the chicken dance like you have never seen and now their final song oh everything i learned i learned in kindergarten in kindergarten in kindergarten oh everything i learned i learned in kindergarten to last my whole life through hold hands and stick together share everything play fair put your things back where you found them clean your mess when you are through say you re sorry and live the golden rule oh everything i learned i learned in kindergarten in kindergarten in kindergarten oh everything i learned i learned in kindergarten to last my whole life through some art a little music the numbers and the letters from a to z make good choices do your best work discover your own world share a smile and be the best that you can be oh everything i learned i learned in kindergarten in kindergarten in kindergarten oh everything i learned i learned in kindergarten to last my whole life through posted by miss melodie at 7 44 am 1 comment monday february 28 2011 hello neighbor there is nothing like seeing the ambulance pull up to your neighbor s home that gets you thinking about life in a real way suddenly all of the practicing cleaning and disciplining seems to fade and the serving and loving and spending time with people is magnified there were times i should have said hello neighbor and i didn t because of silly reasons such as they look busy maybe they don t want to be bothered i am running late i look back and think those reasons are not reasons at all they aren t even poor excuses about a week an a half ago i woke up to a very clear thought it was 4am in the morning and all i could think about was having my aunt and uncle go visit these dear neighbors who they had known for much of their life i could not sleep because the thought was so pressing finally i was determined to make this happen no matter what the but s and if s and how s that seemed to creep in it would just have to be done so one week ago these two dear friends embraced with tear filled eyes and they reminisced a bit about life what if i had not acted and just continued to make up logical excuses of why this would be difficult what if i continued to put it off and thought that it would be easier for all parties to do this when the weather warmed up it has been exactly one week from that precious reunion and today that dear neighbor was transported to the hospital in an ambulance there is definitely a master orchestrator at work i just hope that i will hear the great masterpiece even when the dynamic is piano otherwise i am missing a great deal of beauty in the work of life so next time you see your neighbor make sure you say hello neighbor posted by miss melodie at 12 09 pm 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom welcome