She woke up with a sharp pain in her side and began to have difficulty walking. Any kind of ailment was unusual for her as she had always been a healthy person. That particular Friday morning took her and everyone around her by surprise. Her daughter immediately took her to the hospital where they immediately began carrying out tests on her. Several hours later the doctors, with grim faces, said: Mrs. Flores, you have cancer all over your body and it would be better to reunite your whole family. Billie, forty-seven, the pillar of her family, was about to die. Within hours, Billie and her eldest daughter were on a private medical plane headed to Houston for emergency care. Billie had no words to say other than “God, you are in control of my life.” After several hours of flying, mother and daughter landed in Houston where they were enveloped by an overwhelming sense of peace. The surgery was scheduled for Monday, but after the results of the x-rays the doctors immediately took her to the operating room. There they found several tumors, one of which caused significant damage. This particular tumor had eaten away part of her vertebrae and compressed her spinal cord, leaving her paralyzed. After the surgery Billie began asking God if it was time to leave. His response was: his work wasn't done. That's all Billie needed to hear, it was time to fight. Billie and her daughter prayed day after day. Two