I know healing takes time and is happening every day, this is why I do not get frustrated with the process.

Frustration will arrive anyway, and it is not a failure of patience. Anyone six weeks into a recovery has looked at the chart, seen that week six looks identical to week five, and felt something ugly about it.

Progress at this scale is measured in units too small to register daily. The chart is honest; the eye is simply the wrong instrument for the job.

Getting annoyed slows nothing down. The repair carries on underneath the mood, entirely indifferent to how you feel about its pace.