Encouragement

The theme today was encouragement

I like that word

encourage

you know - we think of it as egging someone on
to move them forward

but really

it means

to instill courage
or build courage in someone else

I'm not going to get out the Funk & Wagners

but that's what the word is meant to mean

today was all about that

I encouraged the girls as we registered them for school
and
encouraged them again as they had their first therapy appointment

later at dinner
I encouraged them to find the good in a rough day

and they rose to the challenge.

I got my encouragement today too
and

want to thank those who reached out
and told me

through comments
and calls

that I can do it
that I have what it takes to do this
and be who I need to be right now.

tonight
the girls has a horrible time sleeping
school starts tomorrow
and they are feeling

discouraged

there's that root word again

while Sunday night they slept alone
tonight
it wasn't enough to curl into bed with each other
I got on the trundle
and rested with them
until they could fall asleep

trying to pour all the comfort
and bravery
and courage

into them that I could.

and I had enough of it

because of those who encouraged me.