Today

Today the swelling is starting to go down around her eye and she can see out of it again.

Today her mind was clear even if she was too tired to talk most of the day.

Today the she didn’t have to put gauze in her mouth to keep the spit from dripping out.

Today she could swallow well enough, even with a mouth she can’t close, to get down a blended up bowl of wonton soup.

Today her mom grabbed a can of spray paint and painted the broken edge of the sidewalk bright orange so that no one else has to hit it again.