encouraging?

i haven't had a chance to use the word encouraging much in my posts.  it seems like every time i border on it, there is something that is discouraging.  so let's not use the "e" word. let me just say that things continue to move in the right direction.  can i say that?  

is that jinx material? 

i stopped by the hospital early today to see my mom.  she was already up sitting in her chair and greeted me with the following:

"i had my best night that i've had in the hospital."

wow!  is that encouraging?

when i stopped by in the afternoon, she was having a few bites of banana.  i sat with her for a bit.  i could tell she was having a pretty good day.  she is still on some pain medication (so she can get a little loopy) but she had some of her spunk back.  she told my dad to order her some tilapia for dinner.

double wow!  is that encouraging?

i think it might be.  i haven't heard her ask for anything but applesauce and ice water without extreme duress.  she knows she has to eat....so she's doing it.  she says her doctor is like a broken record...."looking good.  a few more days."  i think that's as positive as it gets for him.

"things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up.  they happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be."

- Samuel Johnson

i'm encouraged.

blessings,

tim