Thanks, Rosie. I am as convinced as Betsie that God makes good out of every circumstance, that as I face each diminishment He provides an even greater blessing. I was just giving thanks that I have a doctor who treats pain before reading this and now after feeling the conditions they lived in, I can count an immeasurable number more blessings.

I wouldn't give up an iota of the hardships in my own situation if it meant the loss of the least of these blessings. People say its a Pollyanna attitude, but that is only because the haven't experienced the blessings.

I am so glad you posted this.