Edwards Family: MATCH DAY!

Match Day

Where are we going to be for the next 6 to 7 years...

John is holding the letter that will ultimately tell us where we will be for the next 6 to 7 years(whoa that is a long time)...

okay I'll get to the point...

If you cannot read the small print on the letter scroll down further...

We are heading to:

Indianapolis, Indiana

Univerity of Indiana for Neurosurgery for six years!

We are so excited and are looking forward to this new adventure.

Here are the LDS classmates of John! They are a great bunch of guys and have really been a great support to eachother and great friends!

(Jason, Mike, Ben, Aaron, John)

Here are the wives! They are all awesome women and have been such great examples to me and great friends! I'm going to miss them so much!

(Andrea, Mary Ann, Marie, Heather, Chelise)

I love this picture of all of us! We all came out here to Iowa with only one brand new baby and now there are nine kids between all of us! So much has happened since we all came out to medical school! This will be a time in our lives we will never forget!

(Robbins, Edwards, Bullards, Pattersons, Obriens)

FAVORITE QUOTES

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let out own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

We must become the change we want to see

-Ghandi

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

-Ghandi

The secret to having it all, is knowing that you already do.

Your journal is your autobiography, so it should be kept carefully. You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in any other life... What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?

-President Spencer W. Kimball

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.

-Marjorie Pay Hinckley

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

-Sam Levenson

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The journey is the reward.

-Chinese Proverb

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

-Ghandi

HAPPINESS is when what you THINK what you SAY and what you DO are in HARMONY.

-Ghandi

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.

-Thoreau

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty

-Maya Angelou

10 comments:

Smelsha said...: Wahoo! I almost called you today to find out where you're going. I'm glad I could just stalk your blog to find out. I'm very excited for you, and you got your first pick too! Congratulations!! elsha; March 20, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Nancy K said...: We are sooooooooo excited for you and LOVE the pictures of you all together! What great friends!!! Match day is like a mini holiday!; March 20, 2009 at 8:14 PM
esmiley said...: Hooray! #1 Pick!; March 21, 2009 at 6:36 AM
Katie Muir said...: Congrats Marie!! That is so exciting for you guys to have a new adventure!! Best of luck with everything!!; March 21, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Jocelyn Vance said...: That is so exciting. Where are Maryann and Ben going? It is so fun to see everyone. We miss you guys and Iowa a lot. Congratulations!!; March 23, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Cordie said...: I am so happy for you guys! Good luck these next six or seven years!; March 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Rachel said...: Indiana! How exciting!; March 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Erin said...: Congrats! I am glad things worked out and you will be at your first choice!; March 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Wendi Oyler said...: ahhh, I'm sad John didn't get Salt Lake, but Indiana will be fun for you. What an adventure. I am jealous you get to live somewhere else and experience life outside of the bubble. Well, who knows, I might make it out to Indianapolis to see you.:); March 25, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Jessie Riley said...: SO EXCITING!
I agree with nancy... it's a mini holiday!

Time will fly. I promise! {it won't feel like it DURING} but looking back, I can't believe it's been FIVE years since our match day!

so excited for you guys!; March 26, 2009 at 8:05 AM