Two diamonds

Today in the hospital her levels of chemo are 1.99 and they need to get down below .05, looks like we still have a couple of days here.

They are doing a chest x-ray today to check for fluid, again. She will be put back on antibiotics if that is the case. However she feels great! 

Of all the things my mom can't wait to do it is drive. She is not allowed to drive and it is hard for her. She wants to drive when and where without relying on others to take her. But that to will come with time as the tumor shrinks. 

Our parents have done some role reversing. They have been out of their comfort zones. It is quite obvious that God wants to apply a little pressure to refine these two diamonds.

"Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity and buffeting. There seems to be a full measure of anguish, sorrow, and often heartbreak for everyone, including those who earnestly seek to do right and be faithful. The thorns that prick, that stick in the flesh, that hurt, often change lives which seem robbed of significance and hope. This change comes about through a refining process which often seems cruel and hard. In this way the soul can become like soft clay in the hands of the Master in building lives of faith, usefulness, beauty, and strength. For some, the refiner’s fire causes a loss of belief and faith in God, but those with eternal perspective understand that such refining is part of the perfection process.

-James E. Faust