It's been so long since we send an update.... and it's because we don't know what we should say!!
    February 11 we passed the year mark of the horrific accident that drastically changed his life.
    It's easy to get very discouraged with the extremey slow progress we are seeing in the past 2 months. BUT when we look back to where we were last year at this time we know we have been so very blessed with the tremendous healing that already took place. 
    He is becoming real good at getting his point across with motions and using his couple favorite words that are used to express everything, by changing the tone he says them in. 
   We do alot of guessing why he responds certain ways.... because he simply does not use words to express what he is thinking.
    He has good enough balance that we don't worry much about him falling even when he's outside. He motions to the washline full of wash and asks,  "yes?"  Wondering if it's dry and ok for him to go get it off the line and bring it in. He lugs FULL baskets up the hill and into the house.
    He's gone out on the job with Loren a few times and helped pick up branches.
    We are trying to find the balance between not forcing him to do things when he's reluctant to try or just pressuring him to do it and seeing the pleased look that HE COULD do it! We've heard that there are things that someone w a brain injury doesn't feel safe doing because the brain and eyes aren't working together...  and when he can't tell us those things it's tough to know if our guess is right at what we should try to make him do that he doesn't really want to do!!!
    So many times it seems there's so much he knows and understands but can't tell us. 
    He is taking a break from all therapy right now. We hope and pray for more healing in his speech and know God is able, but there's times we get very weary and discouraged!!
     It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, Because his compassion fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22