When my kids were little and we were traveling, I would sing this song:

We’re almost there
We’re almost there
Just around the bend
And we’ll be there again

The girls at Biologix make friendship bracelets for the patients – they tag them with inspirational quotes to help keep us encouraged. This one in particular spoke to me yesterday.

Sometimes it’s impossible to see the finish line and I often feel like I’ll never get there. Maybe I won’t ever be back to the state of wellness I remember from years ago.

But indeed I am closer than I was yesterday.

6 years ago, my life was spent mostly in bed in severe pain and sickness that would make most people crumble to the floor in tears. When I was able to get out of the house, I was almost always in a wheel chair.

Today, I still spend a good deal of time in bed, but the severity of my sickness isn’t as strong, I spend more time out of bed, I have more mobility and almost never use a wheelchair.

Improvement, however small, is a step in the right direction. And it should be celebrated.

No, I can’t see the finish line, but I also have a hard time looking back and seeing the starting line – so I must be doing something right.