Mirror Images

A few months back, after writing occasional notes on the mirror with a bar of soap, it occurred to me that there was a less messy and less challenging to clean method of leaving my wife love notes on the bathroom mirror. Dry Erase marker. It comes off cleanly with just a small wad of kleenex. Since then, I have been leaving notes from time to time on the mirror for my wife. A couple of days ago, I thought I would leave my boys a note on the lower part of the mirror (within eye level). I would encourage them to do good that day or give them bible verses on things that they were working on. Joi wrote out some bible verses for the boys on 3x5 cards that she has them keep in their pockets and refer to occasionally with they are struggling with certain things like anger, focus, or obeying. So, yesterday, I walked into the bathroom to find that Gavin and Gage decided to encourage each other, themselves, and me with little notes. Here are some pics.

In case you can't read them, I'll give you some interpretation. On the first picture, Gavin wrote "Garrison, Obey your Mom and Dad". In the second picture, Gavin wrote to himself "Gavin, Don't let the sun go down..." He ran out of room, but the complete bible verse that he was quoting was "Don't let the sun go down on your anger." In the third picture, Gavin, also, wrote "Gage Focus". We have been working with Gage on focusing on his surroundings. Also, in the third picture, Gage wrote a special note to me that says "Good luck at work, Dad, Good luck at work!" It was cute and I thought I'd post pictures and blog about it. It's nice to know that they are paying attention to the things that we have been working with them on.

An interesting and funny twist on the story is that when Joi was checking out their artwork, she found a Sharpie PERMANENT marker on the floor. It turns out that while Gavin was using the dry erase marker for his notes, Gage went to the nearest pen cup and grabbed a sharpie and left his notes in permanent marker. Uh oh! Luckily, with a little water and elbow grease, the marker came right off the mirror. Whew!