A Miracle For Jodi Brown: . . . . . . Harvest Time

Sunday, October 17, 2010

. . . . . . Harvest Time

I love harvest time! I love to reap the rewards of my efforts. I love to see baskets full of veggies that I pick from my own garden. This late in the season, it is rare to find so many treasures still growing, but what a plentiful afternoon it was in my little garden today!

The wonderful thing about life is that our actions are like gardens, they produce long after the work has been done. Our friendships, jobs, family relationships are all the results of our efforts, both good and bad. Whether we spend minutes or hours, our efforts will be known by our harvest.

I need to work harder in many ways so that my all the gardens in my life will be overflowing with homegrown goodness!

BTW - My husband does NOT like to be in the spotlight, but I must take at least a sentence to tell my very best friend, and eternal companion, how much I love him and hope he has a great birthday today!

4 comments:

carolyn said...: Jodi, So true...I miss harvest time! I was on the mainland two weeks ago and loved seeing the fall decorations and pumpkin patches. The girls and I were in California. Happy Happy Happy Birthday Tolan!! Hope you had a GREAT day and as you blow out the candles may all your wishes come true!! You have a blessed family!
Alohas and hugs, Carolyn; October 18, 2010 at 12:30 AM
carolyn said...: Jodi, So true...I miss harvest time! I was on the mainland two weeks ago and loved seeing the fall decorations and pumpkin patches. The girls and I were in California. Happy Happy Happy Birthday Tolan!! Hope you had a GREAT day and as you blow out the candles may all your wishes come true!! You have a blessed family!
Alohas and hugs, Carolyn; October 18, 2010 at 12:30 AM
Ogden Family said...: Happy Birthday Tolan! You are just like my husband... he would rather have a nice dinner with me and call it good. Or go for a drive in the mountains. You deserve so much praise for being a great support to your wife and yet I know that you will never accept it, because it is a privilege to see the incredible strength and faith of your wife. May Heavenly Father continue to bless your family that you may see the "harvest of blessings" that you fight for each day.
Heather; October 18, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Nichole Giles said...: Beautiful little basket of goodies you have there. We love a good garden. It's funny how much better home-grown food tastes. I wonder if the extra ingredient is satisfaction? Probably.

And yes, you have my permission to re-post a portion of my blog from the other day. Just do me a favor and mention where you got it, wouldja? Maybe leave a link? Thanks a bazillion for the support!

PS Happy birthday to Tolan.; October 19, 2010 at 11:49 PM

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Jodi's Story

Jodi Orgill Brown and Tolan Brown married in 1996 and together have 4 beautiful children, Trenden, Lindi, Casen and Daven, who make every day worth living.

Jodi was diagnosed with a brain tumor in April of 2009 after months of suffering from debilitating symptoms. Though 9 doctors declared her tumor was inoperable because of it's location on the brainstem, hope was not lost. One team of specialists at the University of Utah Hospital agreed to operate and remove the tumor. The first surgery was successful in removing as much of the tumor as was possible. However, complications from the surgery caused a debilitating and life-threatening spinal fluid leak, which resulted in 2 more brain surgeries and a 5-week hospitalization and fight for life.

Jodi is now "in recovery" from a dificult round 1, and has many complications and side effects, including partial facial paralysis, loss of hearing in her right ear, complications with her eye, depth perception, sight and headaches, but still has lots of love, help, hope, miracles and angels around her everyday!