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MY , HOW Time Flies …

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

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How the years roll. Growing up in my home was full of traditions. Their was a lot of joy in living. We lived very big in a little way. For example fresh off of our Christmas celebration we rolled on into New Year’s celebration back in the day it was a packed house with family, grandparents and a few of my parents friends. In later years some of my siblings and my friends would drop in too. My mother was always thrilled to see them and feed them as well. 🙂

Guy Lombardo was on television with his New Year’s Eve celebration. And all of the food, my mom made the best chicken wings. About 5 minutes before midnight and the countdown with the ball drop mom would crack open the cold duck champagne . Lol and e even us kiddies got a little sip.

I remember tears just before midnight as we were leaving  the loved ones who had passed before us that year and were never to see the new year. But tears were wiped away and joy filled the room as we ran around, shook hands and kissed cheeks.

They were wonderful days , my wife and I have tried to continue that tradition with our family too. After all, that’s what life is about love and connection.

So for my mom and grand parents and to all of your loved ones too that have passed. Looking back with your heart and remembering is always a good thing to do on the night .  So, this year as we come even closer to ushering in the New Year remember to bring your loved ones and friends forward with you 🙂 Take them with you in your heart. They are still with us.:)

Guy Lombardo Tribute.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=aHKCPorcBvk

Guy Lombardo’ s last News Years Eve celebration back in 1977.

This was what was on back in the day. It is very different than what is on the tv now.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=pL60HdslvOk

Epic Auld Lang Dune

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Q-ncPPArxEk

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=aSq1cez_flQ

God Bless You,

Danny

what are you doing New Years Eve ?

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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Warming up FOR newyears eve. 🙂

Hurricane Smith.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=KuccqN63I4I 

Harry Council  Jr.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=BNiC4xKtzfU

Enjoy:) MY 3 daughters favorite, it includes the Empire State building and a movie. 🙂

 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=zhEJFgjVtq8

 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=qeY1mkXqKgk

 

What ever you do , enjoy it! 🙂

 

God Bless ,

Danny

 

 

 

Two Weekends Ago, NY Wrap Up.

29 Monday Dec 2014

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Today’s writing will wrap up my New York experience. If you remember a few days ago I covered part two of my families visit to see our friends P , H and family.

Let me state for the record that the absolute best part of the visit was just being with our friends and  seeing their eldest son E and his lovely fiance.

Our New York trip was years in the making. H and P have asked us to come for years to stay and visit and for one reason or another it never happened.

This time, I was determined to get there no matter what came up. As I got ready to go anxiety was building around my ability to get there and keep pace.

My wife said we need to take your transport chair and of  course I said no. I can do it! Well I spoke to P and told him that I did not need it . P  said you better bring it just in case. So, it came and went under the bus to NY. I had many different emotional thoughts while I was away. They ranged from blissful peace to feeling like a pain in the neck. Having me out of my element in NY made me needy. Not that  I would ever want to be that to anyone  but that is what I felt that I became. It took a lot of time, energy, and money on H and P’ s part to make out visit possible.

 

They refused our offer to pay repeatedly. WHY?

They were not grandstanding that’s for sure. They were being who they have always been Jesus to their friends. H. And P SAW a need and did what God wanted them to do. Having us visit and pushing me around for two days was an act of love. One that I /we will never forget.

We all shared some beautiful memories while we were visiting . I also had a few times where I felt deeply embarrassed by  the  confusion that I feel that I caused.

Some people don’t see a physically challenged or handicapped person  with a whole lot of compassion. We are frankly in their way. I saw it first hand many times over the last 3 years but NY, took the cake. Not everyone in NY was bad but because of the amount of people there it felt like it was rudeness on steroids.

I won’t get into it now but I felt terrible for what my friends wife and kids witnessed. It was upsetting to see them feeling bad for me. And I just felt like a killjoy because of how much attention I needed.

God is teaching me so much through this life experience . I don’t have to like it, and I don’t as a matter of fact, I hate it.

But God expects me to take this handicapped experience and make something positive out of it. Just as you are called to do the same in your own lives.

So in closing, I am very grateful for a beautiful visit with my friends, I felt the weight of my human frailty in this moment and what it has done after being at home and resting with this situation is that I had to be woken up to see where I was truely at physically .

With my eyes wide open on my situation I have two options available to me . The first thing is to as they say,  hate on myself. The poor Danny strategy. That’s not acceptable.

The other option is to look at this as a temporary problem. One that I need to accept for the moment. My friends P and H and family saw the treatment that a handicapped person faces on a daily basis.They stood up for me and took on the offenders.  I found myself apologizing to everyone  for being there.

H and P  are wonderful people and New York is very lucky to have them both. Amen.

People who need people. Barbara Streisand.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=fPlQ6EtArSc

GOD BLESS You,

Danny 

Two weekends ago part 2 with two awesome friends.

27 Saturday Dec 2014

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Well, where to start? I guess where I left off on my writing on December 22 nd.

On  Friday  Dec 12 my wife and I along with  our two youngest children boarded a bus for the Big Apple . We rolled into China town NY where we were greeted by our friend P who helped collect our luggage and my transport chair. Our friends from my writing on DEC 22 are now living in Manhattan. P told us that H was home getting dinner prepared for us, that it would be a quiet night . They felt I would be tired and needed the rest. And, I did. It was nice just being with them , breaking bread and talking. It was a special time. They said that we should get some rest because they had a busy day planned for us on Saturday. P said that they had hired a car for the day to take us around so that I / We could enjoy the visit.

Well, Saturday morning came and we woke to the smell of pancakes and coffee. H. was doing her morning prayer and P had done them and was going to run the East river I guess it was. Breakfast ended and we showered got ready and off we went as we exited their building we saw the limo  waiting. I / WE were overwhelmed. You see, they realized what I did not understand. I could no longer do NY in my current physical body. I get tired and phytigued pretty quickly. Stamina is building back slowly. P and H were also concerned about my welfare with the NY crowd they are indeed fast paced, impatient and like many places are not handicapped friendly. I would have been knocked over for sure.

We all got into the car and off we went all over the city. My kids and wife jumped in and out of the car  in China town and H showed the kids how to bartar the prices. Lol.

I was content sitting in the car watching them run around from store to store. P and I just talked, It was great just being with my friend.

You see, my friends from NY when they heard of my illness treated their 4-5 hour car trip from NY to see me here like no big deal. They have bent over backwards to be a light in our life. P would come up alone and take me out to lunch. He just sat with me to allow me to talk. He and H. are angels to us a gift from God. Amen.

We had lunch at a beautiful restaurant and then off to F.A.O Swartz to check it out . My kids  wanted to see and play their huge foot piano from the movie Big with Tom Hanks 🙂 .

P. Pushed me everywhere in my transport chair, we went to the Empire State Building and had a wonderful time.

We went after that to probably one of the finest steak  houses that I had ever been to and had dinner there as well. Next we were off to see a Night on the town a wonderful play on Broadway. It was very good, I told my family when we got home the set, the sound and the lighting tricked the mind you felt like you were watching a television show it was so clear on stage.

Finally back to the car and we made our way to Times Square . It was packed beyond belief we got out and I got into the transport chair and off we went into the crush of people to see the tree in Rockefeller Center. I had H in front of me, with her hand pulling my transport chair meanwhile P was behind my chair pushing and protecting , me , my wife was to my side as were my kids. H. Yelled, hold your bags to my wife and girls this is what they want, they’ll rob you.  With that my wife heard a noise and turned around. A young lady was almost robbed and turned around and pushed a man onto the concrete.

Perhaps H’ s yell and warning to my wife and daughters to watch out for pick pocketers  helped to heighten the young lady behind my wife’s awareness just in the nick of time to keep her from being robbed.  Only God knows.

We headed home and relaxed.H and P’ s home was beautiful like them, stylish not over done or fussy. They have a beautiful city view and you look at the new freedom tower.

The next morning Sunday we woke up Helen made breakfast once again and we were off to their home parish where P. serves as a Deacon. It is a beautiful old church. The mass was beautiful and I met a couple of the women who were praying for me during my battle so how cool is that! I got to hug them and thank them. 🙂

We then went to little Italy for lunch which was amazing and before we knew it we were getting on the bus bound for Boston.

I will conclude my writing on this soon.

The song below may feel heavy but it is not to me. It touches my heart and soul on different levels. Based on my diagnosis 3 years ago it was pretty much expected for me to leave this world. But praise God on Christmas night I drove over to Arlington with my wife and kids In my new, used giloppy 🙂  It was wonderful to drive, it was even better to see my dad and family. Another Christmas  Miracle. God’s doing it his way. Amen.

We are so grateful to God for our lives, family, and friends and thankyou for all of your prayers.

And, thankyou P and H for the hospitality and sacrafice in so many ways afforded us during our NY visit.

Michael W. Smith

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=I2uIIJathUI

God Bless You,

Danny

 

Glen Beck where is God ?

26 Friday Dec 2014

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I received this on Christmas Day and thought I would share

It is a good read.

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December 25, 2014
A letter from Glenn:

Hello Everyone,

In the family torn apart by addiction, in the midst of tragedy, financial ruin, joblessness, loneliness, depression, sickness and any other inevitable heartache life brings, one question is asked more than any other: where is God?

The angry, sad, hurt, frustrated heart cries out: How can you just sit there, silently, and do nothing while the world burns? Where are you? It’s an understandable question. Anyone who mocks it or brushes it aside simply has yet to experience the heartache that brings them to their knees and compels their pleading, helpless eyes towards the heavens. But that time will come. It always comes. The old saying goes there’s only two things that are guaranteed in life: death & taxes. I’d like to amend that cliché and add suffering. Who among us has not experienced pain? It is an unrealistic expectation to sail through life without any trial or tribulation. No one in the history of planet earth has ever accomplished this feat, why should we expect to be the first?

Pain is an inevitable part of life, therefore we should not take lightly when someone is questioning God’s role in all of this. So how does God factor into all of this?

Many are putting God on trial, claiming He’s done nothing, is an absentee father.

That’s a heavy indictment. I realize that God is quite capable of fashioning His own defense, nevertheless, please allow me to take a moment and present the alibi. I contend that despite the sadness and pain in the world, He is absolutely there, and He is absolutely doing something. More than just something, something miraculous.

It’s Christmas, and lost in all the presents and commercialism it is easy to lose sight of the significance of what the baby Jesus all wrapped up in a manger actually means. The King of the universe, the Creator of all things, the Author of life, the first and the last, actually humbled himself and took on flesh to dwell among us is something to behold. Angels filled the sky singing praises. He was called Immanuel, God with us.

Truly a miracle, but that was just the beginning of this story. The angels celebrated the arrival of the baby, but the reason we celebrate thousands of years later has less to do with the birth of the baby and everything to do with the death and resurrection of the man. After rising from the grave, what did Jesus tell His disciples? “Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”

He is with us always. Jesus promised to leave behind a helper and did so with the Holy Spirt. We don’t need help creating our best lives now, be super happy and never experience pain. No, help was sent to help us complete the job. Before he left, Jesus commissioned us to go, make disciples, and teach them to obey everything I commanded.

Everything He commanded. There’s a lot of commands. Visit the orphan & widow in their distress, help the poor and needy, comfort those who mourn, and most importantly love the Lord with all your soul & love others as yourself.

See, we’re really good at loving ourselves. We know how to do that one without thinking about it. We’re selfish. We need help to turn our focus around and into a life of service, where others needs are put ahead of our own.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where God is. In all of us. How does the world know about God? When we love one another, they will see Him.

This week at the ranch I saw God.He was at the local food bank, picking up a bag of popcorn balls and bringing joy to others who (just like him) can’t afford every meal. He was wearing a red shirt, red sweat pants, and a homemade Santa beard he had made from yarn. He’s at the food bank every Saturday and has been doing so for 12 years. He is a simple man who knows how to give away pallets of joy as if it just grew on trees. He was doing all of this while taking care of an orphaned child as his own.

God IS with us.

He is there for the widow.

He is there for the orphan.

The lonely hearted.

The hungry.

The tired.

The lost.

The sick.

Nothing? Oh, God has done something amazing. He created you, and me and billions of other human beings, the imperfect agents of His will. Each of us with the opportunity to make it abundantly clear that God is truly with us until the end of the age.

We won’t be perfect, but we can give those in the midst of suffering a teeny tiny glimpse of the glory that awaits in the next life. We can prove that God does indeed exist, cares, and is absolutely present in every aspect of every precious life.

Be a miracle to someone this Christmas season.

God Bless,
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Juanita Bynum God is with us.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=D_PfZfScoYY

God Bless You,

Danny

CHRIST THE CHILD KING. Merry Christmas All.

25 Thursday Dec 2014

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Merry Christmas 🙂

May God Bless You always and may all your Christmas prayers be answered quickly AMEN. 🙂

07.O holy night – Trans-Siberian Orchestra with Michael Crawford from Phantom of the opera.   AmAzing !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRn6gsS2L8U

Hope was born this night

This day Christ was born.

This day Christ was born, by William Byrd (ca.1540-1623)

What Child is This – Lindsey Stirling

Bing Crosby & David Bowie – The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Live At The Helix In Dublin…

 

God Bless You,

Danny

BUYING YOUR OWN HYPE ?

23 Tuesday Dec 2014

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You know in life there is always something being hyped up.  That if we just had that thing that we would be complete. This happens on a personal level all the time.  Me included.

When we go for a job, we try to get the job and we hype up our accomplishments to make us stand out as the obvious choice.

Another aspect of us humans is this aspect. We sometimes in our own personal lives see ourselves in a slightly different way than we really appear to others. We can be too blind and too close to be objective about what we broadcast out to the world.

My question then is this …. Do you believe your own HYPE?

I am always so careful in my present day life not to buy my own hype. I am always trying to look at myself honestly and being authentic in my approach to all of my encounters and endeavours.

I am who I am in this moment because God and life are forging what I am to become. I am a work in progress just as you all are.

I like just being me, in my current situation I am an under dog trying to find out what my new life has for me. No hype left just an opportunity to fight my way back physically which will allow me to find my new life path. I am waiting with such anticipation to see what door may open.

My new life will have a bit of my old life (interior design) and a new path that will be helping people. Helping the ill , talking of hope and God’s victory.

 

         dictionary.reference.com/browse/hype

  1. verb (used with object), hyped, hyping. 1. to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car. 2. to …

     

     

    When you have almost lost everything, your life and everything material in nature the eyes of your Faith and  the Spirit of God will  bring us so much power and hope.There is  NOTHING  that we cannot do. If God is for us,  then nothing will stop his plan for us to be successful for his glory .   Amen !   🙂

    Ready , 🙂 

     MY Song 🙂   crank it !

     

    This song states the attitude and where I am at.   Thanks be to God ! 🙂

    It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new life

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUPVo_v49fg

    God Bless You,

    Danny