I give my dad a hug and tell him to go for it.
After dinner, I go up to bed and decide I�ll try sleeping. I don�t have the same fear anymore of having night terrors. I have an entire different feeling tonight and almost as soon as my exhausted body hits the bed, I fall into a deep sleep. I wake up the next morning with light streaming though my window and making dust look like stars. Matt�s knocking at my door. I tell him to come in.
�Two things.� He says. I tell him I�m listening as I sit up and rub the red pillow marks imprinted on my face.
�One,� Matt says holding up a finger, �I can move all of my toes on my right foot. Sophie called up the doctor and they�re going to take a look to see if I�ll continue to heal and if there�s any explanation for it.� I smile
�And two� Matt holds up another finger, �Where�s Dad?�
�I think he went on a quick vacation,� I tell my brother, �He didn�t say when he�s going to be back.�
I feel so revived from sleeping it�s like I�ve been born again. I feel so happy and light like I�ve already died and right now, at this very second with the morning light around me and the birds chirping merrily outside I think that this must be my assent to heaven.