Birthday Wishes / Zyczenia Urodzinowe

Birthday Wishes

November 8, 2010

 

I recently had a wonderful birthday.  I woke up to find cards that the kids had made for me.  For brunch I went out with some friends to eat stuffed french toast at the Tin Pan Galley.  In the afternoon I shopped with some friends and picked out my dishwasher.  The kids made cards for me, Josh bought me flowers and bought and installed a new dishwasher for me.   Here is the text from the cards I received.

 

Grace:

Mommy I love you.  Tomorrow is your birthday.

 

Nephi:

Dear Mommy. I love you, on, your. Birthday and, for ever, and for, always.  

 

Isaiah:

I once was walking,

Drinking sprite,

Until I saw

Lit Dynamite.

And when the lit part

Hit a bend, well,

We all know,

That, that's the end.

KABOOM!!!

 

Mommy,

You're as powerful as dynamite, brighter than an explosion, and a lot more helpful than a can of sprite!  You're the best mother I could wish for, and it's time to wish you a Happy Birthday!

 

Samuel:

Mommy I hope you have a wonderful birthday.  You always work so hard to keep us clean and healthy. I hope you get a hard earned rest after all you have done for us.  I know it doesn't seem like it, but we really do appreciate all that you do for us.  Love, Samuel

 

Josh:

To my Beloved Sylwia,

I want you to know, in case you were wondering, how much I love you. You are the light of my life, the reason I get up in the morning, the reason I work, the reason I live. You are my best friend. You laugh at my silly jokes and make me laugh back. You like my figure, tell me I'm handsome, and don't mind my baldness. You have brought five fantastic children into the world and raised them to be clever, polite, and relatively odor free.  Thank you for marrying me.

Love, Joshua.

 

PS  I'm sending picture of my dishwasher and cards, as well as our last Halloween pictures. The boys dressed up as modern, civil war, and revolutionary war soldiers.  Josh and I and the baby were the Shrek family.   We actually hosted a huge Halloween party at our house.  42 people were here.  The kids want to have one every year.  I usually don't like hosting parties, but I do love the people from my church congregation, so it was fun to have everyone here.

 

Sylwia

 

8 Listopad 2010

Zyczenia Urodzinowe

Mialam bardzo przyjemne urodziny w tym roku.  Maz mi kupil roze i nowa zmywarke do naczyn i sam ja zainstalowal.  Dzieci mi napisaly piekne kartki, jeden nawet z wierszykiem od syna Isaiah.  A ja z kolezankami poszlam do swietnej restauracji na pyszne sniadanie.  Przesylam zdjecia zmywarki i tez zdjecia z ostatniego Halloween.  Ja i maz i Mosiah przebralismy sie jako rodzina Shrek.  A Samuel, Isaiah, i Nefi przebrali sie jako zolnierze z roznych wojn. Samuel byl nowoczesnym zolnierzem, Isaiah z roku 1770, a Nefi z roku 1850.  Na Halloween mielsimy przyjecie w naszym domu.  U nas bylo 42 ludzi.  Dzieci chce miec takie przyjecie kazdego roku. 

 

 

Sylwia

 

Pay It Forward / Pomoc: 20 lat pozniej

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Josh and Sylwia Hardman <sjhardman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Subject: Pay It Forward / Pomoc: 20 lat pozniej
To: sylwia hardman2 <sjhardman@gmail.com>

Pay It Forward

 

November 8, 2010

 

20 years ago, my father moved away and my mother lived homeless on a hill in Colorado.  I was 16 and though I was not helpless as a small child, I was not old enough to be an adult, and yet I was on my own.

 

How does a troubled 16 year old girl take care of herself in the world?  I, for one was a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—a church full of people who have covenanted to lift one another's burdens and to take care of the poor and the needy among them.  Many church members took care of me.  Some bought me clothes, some had me over for dinner, some took me swimming and bowling, and some took me into their home to live. 

 

I lived with Sandy and Steve White, the longest. I became part of their family.  Their four children treated me like a sibling, and Steve and Sandy like dad and mom.  In their home I saw what it meant to have a functional family, with dad: working, reading scriptures, praying and reading me books.  And mom: taking care of the kids, making dinner, and always talking with me and teaching me how to make wise decisions.

 

I must say their efforts paid off.  I now have a beautifully functional family of my own.  And a couple of weeks ago my bishop called and asked if a troubled 14 year old girl could stay with us.    We've really enjoyed having her here.  My kids treat her like a sibling; my husband is like Steve, working, teaching the gospel, helping her with her math.  And I try to be like Sandy.  It's nice to 20 years later, to be able to pay it forward…   

 

Sylwia

P.S. Anyia doesn't like pictures.  But last Sunday I tricked her by asking her to position Mosiah for me in the picture.  I snapped a couple of photos while she was helping…that will have to do for now.  I've also included some pictures of New York in the fall.

 

Pomoc: 20 Lat Pozniej  

 

8 Listopad 2010

 

20 lat temu, moj ojciec sie przeprowadzil, a moja mama byla bezdomna i mieszkala na gorze w stanie Colorado.  Ja mialam 16 lat, i choc nie bylam malym dzieckiem, tez nie bylam dorosla. 

 

Jak ma 16 letnia dwieczyna w tym swiecie sama funkcjonowac?  Ja naszczescie bylam czlonkiem kosciola Jezusa Chrystusa Swietych w Dniach Ostatnich.  W tym kosciele kadzy przyzeka ze zawsze bedzie pomagal tym ktorzy sa smutni, samotni, lub biedni.  Wiele czlonkow kosciola sie mna opiekowalo. Niektorzy mi ubrania kupili, niektorzy mnie zapraszali an obidady do ich domu.  Niektorzy mnie brali na rozrywki, plywac lub aby grac w kregle.  A niektorzy mnie zaprosili mieszkac w ich domu.

 

Najdluzej mieszkalam z rodzina Steve i Sandy White.  Bardzo milo bylo sie od nich nauczycz jak rodzina powinna funkcjonowac.  Ich czworo dzieci traktowali mnie jak ich siostre.   Steve i Sandy byli jak matka i ojciec dla mnie.  Steve pracowa, uczyl  nas ewageli, czytal mi ksiazki.  Sandy zajmowaja sie rodzina, gotowalay nam obiady, bardzo duzo ze mna rozmawiala  i uczyla mnie jak podejmowac dobre decyzje. 

 

Ich pomoc dla mnie byla bardzo warta.  Ja teraz sama mam piekna funkcjonalna rodznie.  I dwa tygodnie temu moj biskup do mnie zadzwonil i zapytal czy 14 letnia dziewczyna by mogla z nami mieszkac.  Anyia jest bardzo mila i grzeczna i bardzo ja lubimy.  Moje dzieci sie z nia bawia jak z sisotra, moj maz pracuje, uczy ja ewangeli, pomagac jej sie matematyki uczyc.  Ja probuja byc dobra matka jak Sandy.  Fajnie ze ja mam szansze pomoc komus kto jest w podbnej sytuacji, jak ja bylam 20 lat temu….

 

Sylwia

 

Anyia nie lubi zdjec, ale ja poprosialam aby ona mi pomogla ustawic Mosiah dla zdjecia.  Wtedy szybko jej zdjecie zrobilam, choc nie patrzyla w kamere.  Tez przesylam zdjecia jesieni w Nowym Yorku.

Pay It Forward / Pomoc: 20 lat pozniej

Pay It Forward

 

November 8, 2010

 

20 years ago, my father moved away and my mother lived homeless on a hill in Colorado.  I was 16 and though I was not helpless as a small child, I was not old enough to be an adult, and yet I was on my own.

 

How does a troubled 16 year old girl take care of herself in the world?  I, for one was a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—a church full of people who have covenanted to lift one another's burdens and to take care of the poor and the needy among them.  Many church members took care of me.  Some bought me clothes, some had me over for dinner, some took me swimming and bowling, and some took me into their home to live. 

 

I lived with Sandy and Steve White, the longest. I became part of their family.  Their four children treated me like a sibling, and Steve and Sandy like dad and mom.  In their home I saw what it meant to have a functional family, with dad: working, reading scriptures, praying and reading me books.  And mom: taking care of the kids, making dinner, and always talking with me and teaching me how to make wise decisions.

 

I must say their efforts paid off.  I now have a beautifully functional family of my own.  And a couple of weeks ago my bishop called and asked if a troubled 14 year old girl could stay with us.    We've really enjoyed having her here.  My kids treat her like a sibling; my husband is like Steve, working, teaching the gospel, helping her with her math.  And I try to be like Sandy.  It's nice to 20 years later, to be able to pay it forward…   

 

Sylwia

P.S. Anyia doesn't like pictures.  But last Sunday I tricked her by asking her to position Mosiah for me in the picture.  I snapped a couple of photos while she was helping…that will have to do for now.  I've also included some pictures of New York in the fall.

 

Pomoc: 20 Lat Pozniej  

 

8 Listopad 2010

 

20 lat temu, moj ojciec sie przeprowadzil, a moja mama byla bezdomna i mieszkala na gorze w stanie Colorado.  Ja mialam 16 lat, i choc nie bylam malym dzieckiem, tez nie bylam dorosla. 

 

Jak ma 16 letnia dwieczyna w tym swiecie sama funkcjonowac?  Ja naszczescie bylam czlonkiem kosciola Jezusa Chrystusa Swietych w Dniach Ostatnich.  W tym kosciele kadzy przyzeka ze zawsze bedzie pomagal tym ktorzy sa smutni, samotni, lub biedni.  Wiele czlonkow kosciola sie mna opiekowalo. Niektorzy mi ubrania kupili, niektorzy mnie zapraszali an obidady do ich domu.  Niektorzy mnie brali na rozrywki, plywac lub aby grac w kregle.  A niektorzy mnie zaprosili mieszkac w ich domu.

 

Najdluzej mieszkalam z rodzina Steve i Sandy White.  Bardzo milo bylo sie od nich nauczycz jak rodzina powinna funkcjonowac.  Ich czworo dzieci traktowali mnie jak ich siostre.   Steve i Sandy byli jak matka i ojciec dla mnie.  Steve pracowa, uczyl  nas ewageli, czytal mi ksiazki.  Sandy zajmowaja sie rodzina, gotowalay nam obiady, bardzo duzo ze mna rozmawiala  i uczyla mnie jak podejmowac dobre decyzje. 

 

Ich pomoc dla mnie byla bardzo warta.  Ja teraz sama mam piekna funkcjonalna rodznie.  I dwa tygodnie temu moj biskup do mnie zadzwonil i zapytal czy 14 letnia dziewczyna by mogla z nami mieszkac.  Anyia jest bardzo mila i grzeczna i bardzo ja lubimy.  Moje dzieci sie z nia bawia jak z sisotra, moj maz pracuje, uczy ja ewangeli, pomagac jej sie matematyki uczyc.  Ja probuja byc dobra matka jak Sandy.  Fajnie ze ja mam szansze pomoc komus kto jest w podbnej sytuacji, jak ja bylam 20 lat temu….

 

Sylwia

 

Anyia nie lubi zdjec, ale ja poprosialam aby ona mi pomogla ustawic Mosiah dla zdjecia.  Wtedy szybko jej zdjecie zrobilam, choc nie patrzyla w kamere.  Tez przesylam zdjecia jesieni w Nowym Yorku.