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My 2nd Vision of Jesus Christ

30 Wednesday Mar 2016

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This blog post was initially posted on my blog post back in May of 2012 after my April 2012 terminal brain cancer diagnosis.

 

For The Record….  God can and will do what he wants when he wants. He loves us all and wants us to be in relationship with him. He is my best friend and to whom  I consult with and depend upon.

I am also adding now that I never received any drugs even during my treatment that would result in my 3 visions and messages. God is supremely Awesome.

 

This is a re -blog of my post from May 2012

 

Hello, today I wanted to present to you my second vision/ Vivid Dream that I had back over two years ago. I will draw the canvas through the Holy Spirit and tell you in exact detail what I told Father right after this blessed event took place back over two years ago.

Okay, here we go…..

Back to the day in May 2012, I had been diagnosed with the inoperable brain cancer. I was feeling so tired I honestly did not really care if I passed away or not. I know it sounds strange. Obviously, I want to live as long as possible to be present for my wife, kids,mom, dad and family. But I was feeling a fatigue that I could never fully describe. I could not stand with out spinning and smashing to the ground. Also, God put me into such a peaceful state that I was not and am not worrying about death.

Well, that day I was sitting down in my family room and just wanted to go upstairs. My bedroom is a place of real serenity,(truely a prayer room) It has skylights, a door out and large window that look out into my rear yard. I have a massive Beech tree with a 12 foot trunk. It has a massive canopie of leaves. God’s masterpiece. In my prayer/ bedroom I can see God and connect with him through his stars at night just by looking up through the glass in the sky lights. At night, The beech tree is constantly moving in the air and looks so majestic. If you have seen the picture Jesus Wept, I can envision him in that moment and can relate to his agony to a certain degree, I could never have done what the Lord had done for us all. That, I do know.

I told one of my kids, I need to go up and lie down and made my way upstairs with one of my kids. I was fully dressed and layed on the bed. I was on my side looking out the window it was a windy day and the tree branches were swaying. I was praying and said, God, I am so tired. How can I take care of my family? I was not crying I was just asking. I was too exhausted for emotion. I drifted off to sleep and the next thing that happened was this. It is a message for all of us! He loves us all so much 🙂

I was suddenly laying in a small boat, It did not have a sail. I was laying on my left side in the center of this small boat and I could hear water lapping off the side of the boat. I was again laying on my side so my right eye was able to see over the top edge of the boat and off into the distance. I heard in my head the word, Galilee. It was a male voice and was deep, soothing, and a little dragged out. I felt such exhaustion yet so peaceful laying there and was just listening to the lapping water, again, so peaceful. I saw on the distant shore a stone ruins coming up and it had green vines climbing it. I could see off white and white stone the slabs that the wall had been made from. I then noticed trees above the stone ruins. along the ridge. The trees were unlike anything that I had ever seen. My eyes now looked above and notices a pretty blue-ish sky with little birds flying around. It looked like a sky we would see here.

I could not move due to the fact that I was so weak, I remember so vividly that I decided to try and look in front of me all the while I was thinking, what am I going to do to help my family? Again, it was not desperation, just quiet surrender I guess. I managed to turn my neck upward a bit and caught the view of two legs and feet in sandels, The man was sitting sideways but looking ahead of the boat. So, I worked very hard to turn my neck further yet to see more. I saw that this man was wearing a robe and it was very heavy looking, heavy texture with beige, white and gray looking fibers like from a lambs coat. I just remember straining my neck forward further and I saw that the man was looking forward away from me. His hood was on. He had dark hair, with a reddish color to it ( maybe the sun effect ?) and it was blowing back in the breeze. He then turned his head to the right showing me the profile of his rugged tanned face.

I then got this message in the silence of my mind yet they were words again, a gentle authoratative male voice. Do not worry, God created you, He knows the ending. I felt such peace I remember that I put my head down and was resting my neck. We just drifted along in this boat and it was so beautiful, once again I decided I need to look again so I turned my neck once again passed the tanned medeterranean feet and legs up the coat to the gentleman again he was still looking to the right and then he turned directly to me and smiled. It was Jesus Christ ! As, I sit here The Holy Spirit is leaping inside me .

When Jesus Christ looked at me as I said to Fr. so long ago, His smile was the most beautiful smile, his skin was that of a fisherman from all the sun, his beard and hair where different colors dark black with red tone mixed in. When he smiles his peircing blue eye’s exploded this feeling of love in to me that I will never be able to ever accurately depict. Just know one thing, this is awaiting all of us when we met our Lord 🙂

I awoke when my wife came in to the bedroom to let me know that she had soup for me to eat. I told my wife and the next person I spoke to was Fr. R. I made my way down to the rectory shorty after this miraculous event for confession and to speak with Father. I sat on the chair and said to Father, I want to tell you about a Dream/ Vision that I had and as I began to recount the experience that is detailed above, God filled that room and our Spirits with so much joy that I exploded from the love and was crying so deeply! I could not sit up straight. When I looked up Father was crying a bit too and said, Danny this a very special and rare gift that God has given you.

You see, I am, at my heart a very square conventional person, if you know what I mean. Anything extraordinary that I achieve is through the Holy Spirit.

Getting myself to understand that God would use me to write for his church, write for his people would not be something that I could easily accept. I was not worthy.

Father said, God is confirming that you are doing all they he wants. It was a gift !

I will say this,

Thank you God for telling me otherwise, I really think that I would have perrished from the thought of being disraspectlful to my God and My Lord Amen.

Thank you God for loving us so much. And anyone that might read this, just trust and know that if you are doing good that you feel God is compelling you to. Just pray and do it in the glory of God and he will know !! He will bless you for it as well.

In Gods Love,

Danny

I came across this video just now, led by the Spirit. This young prodegy has done a painting it is the closest to what I can describe Christ as looking like from my vision.

When you go to the link below watch and it is about 1:41 on the link you will see her painting of Christ.

The Artist Akiane Kramarik

Losing and gaining so much more.

28 Monday Mar 2016

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As I have written many times on this blog life is a journey with decisions, interersections  , stop signs, yield signs and off ramps that require us to make decisions of where we want to be and what we desire to accomplish daily. In my life prior to Cancer my daily road trip was go,go,go and by a wing and a prayer God helped me to make all of my personal dreams become reality and all of the ends meet. I had choices that seemed far less complicated. ( so I thought.)

After Cancer  and my diagnosis the conventional wisdom would say that I need to stop. I was being told in subtle and not so subtle ways that our/ my choices were limited at best. I actually allowed this thought into my head for 10 seconds. If I did not fight that thought then it was poor Danny time, oh, he is a victim. Well, that could not be how I was ever going to be defined. None of us is victims as long as we believe that God has our situation.

After saying this, with all of the Cancer patients that I talk to daily many are the same as me. I am not unique in that way. When we become afflicted with a illness such as this we do not turn inward. It is to the contrary. Our response in what I have lived and witnessed in others battling their affliction get up and get on with it. We even in our weakened state still reach out and wrap our arms around our loved ones and friends to let them know we feel their pain and feel at times responsible for their stress and sadness. We attempt to bring comfort to those that we love and want to protect. Meanwhile the family and friends that love us are reaching around us to hold us firm and steady.

Now, that’s Jesus Christ in carnate in each person. Further proof that God is with us.

I was speaking today to a new friend  Tony today who Is being treated for pancreatic cancer and I will tell you, he inspires me. He was out singing in his choral group last evening and had to share with his family the news about the need to change Meds and have a port put in.

While I was talking to Tony I was reassuring him that God has this, him and his family and that he needs to tell God that he fully inticipates Gods removing his cancer. If that is Gods will then God can do anything.

Like Tony and I discussed none of us can prevent what happens to us but we can take control and decide how we respond.

Well, back on point. About a month ago I came to yet another personal revelation and decided that the extra weight that I am carrying on my body is not adding any value to my life so I once again began to do my due diligence and starting to look at ways in which to safely lose weight while I am pushing my body to heal. It was by the grace of God only and I know that this new option was brought to my life.

A beautiful family member had started a diet program early last summer and I watched her plow through the Holidays without 1 cheat and lost a lot of weight. Honestly she was always beautiful but she desired a healthier version of herself. She then inspired other family members by her quiet demonstration , great result and firm resolve.

One night I was saying to her while we visited that I went and checked out a weight loss place right down the road. I went in got weighed. And payed a $15.00 fee to get an overview of the plan.

After 15 minutes listening to the other people there the majority  ended up being  life long members. Back again, to start over .It was like a club of friends all catching up. Believe me I am not judging it is hard. I wish them well but I needed something life changing if I wanted to give my body the best shot at a full restoration I needed a full reset.

I sat there in the weight loss center  quietly and said God, what am I doing here? As I sat a that weight loss center . I just knew that it was not right for me.

Well, my family  members who never push me  said, Danny I think you should ask your doctors and do the plan that I and many others are or have done. She then laid it out and showed me on the computer.

It seemed to fit that moment and intersection on my life that I was at. I decided to take was the right hand turn on heathy street. My wife wants me to do whatever I feel I need to do whereas it costs a little bit of money. It’s around $11.00 a day after the initial sign up. Not a lot for a guy who seldom buys anything out.

So, all excited I called my primary care Dr. And he was out off the office so I left him a message the information on what I was planning on doing. His assistant gave him my message and he was not sure it would be good for me. He was not real familiar with it. I was bummed out at first but I had such a conviction and peace in my heart that I knew this was for me. So, I got on the phone and contacted my oncologist and told them that 2016 was the year that I intended on getting my body to healhliest place it can get to. In my heart I feel that whatever weight that I carry is an impediment to my body . Specifically my left side mobility and low energy.

I contacted my oncologist and sent them the required paperwork that needed to be signed they responded immediately with 2 thumbs up. Next I called the program counselor and explained the situation. She said the oncologist had sent in the paperwork and she had not heard from my  primary. I told her that he was not familiar with the program she said oh, I will forward the program info. Knowing what she was doing I crafted a letter telling my Primary  stating that my Oncologist was aware of this program and signed off on it thinking it would be great. I also stated that I felt called by prayer to this and would not take no for an answer.:) I love my doctors. They know I am careful but I am also Driven.

My primary responded back to the clinic with a yes ,  so I now had a green light. I was so excited.

The diet is called. The Ideal Protein Diet and it is incredible at the end of week one I lost 6.2 pounds. I can see that there is a path that will bring me into my new life with all hopefully all of my energy in my body going to my healing of my left side. My thought being that without the extra weight I will be more agile and capable of moving hence I will build my lung function, my ability to build muscle and very importantly the strength to stand in place and weight bare.

I have a dream, a seed planted in my heart and soul that God has given all of us. We need to Believe in God and have faith.

Another thing that saddens me is how many old friends and acquaintances that I know look at me and say your a Miracle! Like I did something.

You know yesterday, was a beautiful reminder” Easter “of what God, Jesus Christ has done for us all. He rose from death to save us from eternal death. I am here for one reason . It’s not because I am more special that anyone else clearly God has work for me in this moment. My guess is as good as your😀

One of my old friends said to me over 4 years ago while I was at his home who’s goes to church anymore? My response was we do.

Yet another friend said laughingly that her daughter had been asking them to go to church. They never did.

These people were kids that had Catholic school background and had no beef with the church or school they feel away because I guess sports or social event.

One of my friends posted a  post that Pope Francis said you do not have to attend mass  etc in order to be in Gods grace. It was a lie from the pit of hell people responded oh that’s great! Like wow! I felt so bad that my friend misled others possibly from their eternal reward.

It was right on snopes as a false posting again evil. Without mass for a Roman Catholic  perspective you need the mass to receive the Holy Eucharist , penance etc.

also, the lying Pope  Francis  post said that you don’t need to support the church financially. Oh, really. Only 10 percent of parishioners are carrying the other 90 percent. But, when they need a church particularly for funeral and family life events they will certainly use it resources. Suddenly God is needed.

Finally, another friends son approached me and asked me how to pray. I discussed  it in easy and general terms with the child. I said you really should talk to your parents. I felt that that was the appropriate action.

So, this blog has covered way more territory than I thought that it would . But, that’s God for you.

Remember the bible states that we will not be saved by our works alone. Often times our charitable works are done for our self benefit as well.

According to the Holy Bible God requires a personal relationship with us all. That’s number one. Whatever you faith or tradition. Stay close to God.

I would also like to say thank you to a very Dear women who kept me company many days as I laid  in my chair and fought my brain cancer. She loved me, she prayed with me and she discussed how much God had done for me and you too. She helped me to invoke St.Michael to do battle for me and for St. Raphael to protect me from my disease.

Her soft, confident recitation of the Most Holy Rosary to the fear of death from me and gave me confidence that Gods word was real. His promise was Real. It was everlasting.

My dear friend was taken home yesterday Easter Sunday which does not surprise me because her life was living and teaching of Gods love and his Glory that he is so deserving of.

My Friend was an angel who had her own crosses to bare but built a huge orgizination from nothing because God told her she could and she believed in his promise.

Rest in peace Dear  Mother,  Thankyou for your humble service Amen.

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i am praying for you all. With much love

 

this is song sums up how Mother felt about service to God and the crosses that she bared,

 

Danny

 

Thank you to a life long friend.

20 Sunday Mar 2016

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Today I am saying Thankyou to my life long friend. This friend knew me before I knew him. He along with my mom and dad helped me to grow,to understand his ways  and to be safe during my early years. He certainly has never left my side even though at times I certainly wandered from his. My friend was at the Alter of the church as my bride Janet and I were wed nearly 30 years ago. But heck why wouldn’t he be , after all he put us together while we were working at the grocery store in our early college years. He knew what we needed before we did.

My friend helped to give me courage as a young married husband to step out of the boat of life onto the water and begin a family business with my brothers knowing by faith that somehow our friend was there in that  moment helping us to make things happen.Our friend wants our success. It’s then that we can help others.

Because of our friend life his creation came forward as my wife Janet and I welcomed our first child Dan Jr. Into the world.

Our Dear friend was with us as we lost our second son at two weeks old  Brad Michael was born with heart disease.  As our beautiful baby Brad Michael was laid to rest, We as a family stood there stunned and broken. By his grave on a beautiful April day we watched the undertaker carry his small casket to our family grave. In our broken condition the things that we clung to was our little boy Danny jr. Who was around 2 AND we felt Our families and  friends arms firmly around us . His passing as the years have taught us was not not in vein nor was his passing our families life long tradgedy You see Brads case opened up all kinds of studies whereas his case was rare at that time. Brad was born with single right ventricle and pulmonary stenosis.  His Doctors and Children’s were so wonderful kind and compassionate. Brads passing also blessed other families and children whereas we donated his organs for other people in need.

God did not make our Brad I’ll. That is due to the inprefection of this world and life we are not in the garden of Eden. That’s why Jesus came to give us hope.

Brad was a special gift that altered our reality of this world and its connection to the next Heavely life. He saved our family. ❌⭕️

Brad changed the depth of our entire families faith. His presence is felt daily in our lives and we love him and he loves us. Love is eternal because it is from God.

We were blessed to welcome 3 more children/ daughters to our family and God was with us in the delivery room and heard the words congratulations you have a beautiful and health beautiful girl too. 🙂

My friend was with me as the doctors told me that I was terminally ill and my friend told me I had cancer, cancer was not from him and I do not own this cancer. My friend set  a peace upon my heart and in my soul that has never left me.

Our friend was with my family as my mom prepared to leave this earthy existence. My mom was talking to Jesus and was talking to his mother Mary  OUR  Blessed mother very shortly before her departure and my mom  was calm as she took our friend, Jesus hand and went to meet her family and friends  who awaited her.My mom is remembered daily , hourly, in the moment and in the second because she is surrounding us with love. Amen.

My friend is with me now in this moment guiding my writing and filling this page with his beauty.

Our  friend is the best friend that you will have or need. This week in my church is a reminder of what our friend Jesus has  done for us it is Palm Sunday, the Passion of our Lord and Savior this day.  This week reminds of that our friend Jesus fulfilled his Earthly life as the only Divine human to ever be born and his destiny if he accepted this cup was to die for mankind/ our sins. He took that cup and that is why we live with the hope that this is in fact act 1 for us as humans.

Thankyou Dear Friend, I love you Jesus. Amen.

 

Our Friend and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy St.Patricks Day.

17 Thursday Mar 2016

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one of my favorites 😀

This next song is from my beautiful grandparents all 4 of them may they rest in peace until we meet again ❤️

 

And for for my beautiful Mom❤️ Who went home to those who were waiting for her and who now watches over us all.

Mom will be gone 3 years this August 7th. Mom would call me everyday more than once 😀👍.  But,  on her children’s birthdays she would call and sing Happy Birthday to us and would Segway into Oh Danny Boy for me.

I miss that call and will again in April but I feel her singing in my heart straight from Heaven. We are eternally connected through our love. God chose her as my mom and my family was blessed by her.

For Mom, Thankyou God for your goodness to me and my siblings Amen.

 

God bless you all, Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.

Danny Boy😎☘🍀❤️

Self Advocasy that inspires Hope.

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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I have come to appreciate in the last 5 years that when you have a personal challenge there is nothing more important that reaching out and advocating for what We perceive that We need. It was not the normal action that I would take in the past I never pushed or asked Anything of anyone. I was self sufficient . When I hit a wall I just excepted what I was told and what the outcome might be . Since Cancer and hearing the terminal word  I just kinda changed my modes operundum I began to try and make things happened and my success that I have achieved has then been shared personally by me with many others in various ways. In life it is not about us only. My feeling is that Gods got me here in this moment to help others to show others what he can do. And I give God all of the glory for my being here in this moment. And, I am very thankful.

If Jesus was all about himself then he would not have taken our sins upon himself nor would he have allowed himself to be tortured and murdered for our benefit.

This song holds a great deal of significance to me. Listen to the words. Look what our Savior has done for us. He is loving and generous indeed.

 

With the onset of my Cancer which began  4 years ago on 3-31-2012.  I began to realize that if I was to fight this terminal cancer that I needed to push myself so that the establishment whether It be the doctors,hospitals , physical therapist insurance company right down to home care  that was in my home and  in my life that there is but one Author of life and who created all.  That is God. No one knows anything personally except that our God/ higher power if you wish  is the only one who can give you how much time you have to live. He decides. I then had to decide. to open myself up and speak the hope and victory that God had placed in my heart. I then needed to summons the courage and let my voice be heard. Well, because of prayer Gods courage filled me and I was able to speak the words of my heart, my desires and what God had told me in my Spirit. My journey is not merely about me and neither is yours. We are singular yet connected. Quite beautiful really. There is not contest to be won. Just  our personal bests will do and that makes for a life well lived. I believe that God expects us to live joyfully towards that end.

I told the Doctors ” God told me that I have cancer, cancer is not from him and I do not own this cancer “. God gave me the courage to speak those words. God also gave me an unshakable peace that resides within my being to this moment.

My belief is through the Holy Spirit we are given a robust strength,of positive and warm heavenly support that can permeate our disease and return order to our bodies , minds and Spirits to a healthy state.

My journey has taken the medical world and made them say,  why?  How is he florishng so well and healing slowly too? I told them all once again, God.

We are being healed by God’s machines, God’s medicines, And the healing hands of the doctors which are extension of the healing hands of Christ Jesus.

 

 

I have pushed the establishment by my self  Advocacy which  has helped other Cancer patients I am sure. I say this not because I am great but because God calls us to live in his hope and to believe that he will do what we cannot. I want others to believe too. Love your neighbor as yourself.

There is joy in every storm. And the rain helps to grow the garden of our lives.

I have won some of my self advocasy attempts easily and won others after waiting months and enduring lots of personal tests. One of these wins was in the restoration of my drivers license. Upon my diagnosis of non surgical Glio Bastoma Multiform grade 4   brain cancer I was required to turn in my license. I was no longer considered to be safe behind the wheel. I had no problem with that. I certainly did not want to hurt anyone. So, I became even more of a passenger in life. I had nurses, a hospice nurse  named Robin here. I was suppose to except this cancer and its lethal outcome after all it was text book. It even took Ted Kennedy. I was essentially given Months to live and was told to get my personal things in order etc.

Well, As time went on and I continued  to leave all of these situations regarding my impending death further behind me in the dash board mirror of my life. I decided after  3 years that I would approached my Dr’s and I said that I wanted to get my license to drive reinstated. My oncologist said I do not see why not and my Primary care Dr. Signed off as well. The Department of motor vehicles  medical division got the paperwork and questioned what? He surrendered that license due to terminal brain cancer. The Dr’s response to them was that Dans not the typical Glio patient. So, I had hours of cognitive testing including  vision , field vision, reflex coordination and the results came back. I passed with flying colors. Finally, I had my road test remember the year 2013-2014 winter? 9 feet of snow. That was the road that I was tested on. Narrow, icy streets and I was driving my wife’s small Suv for the first time that day. The car that I had been practicing on did not have a center console emergency brake so it could not be used in my road test.

My wife was working so my son was now my sponsor and sat in the back seat😀 Life is funny years back I was his back seat as his observer. Lol

Well, the Medical division tester came and got into the car with us and he questioned me on a number of procedures. We were off and the tester told me to pull over and to preform a 3 point turn. He said go ahead if you hit the snow bank don’t worry, the streets are so narrow. I looked at him and said are you kidding me my wife will kill me and we laughed. I completed my test and have been driving again happily for nearly 1 1/2 years. There were times when I was going to give up on the process of getting it back because it was tiring and there were no guarantees.

By Gods grace and my fighting on my dream to drive once again was turned into a reality. I was able to get into my old car and begin my life of service to others. Whether it is to go down to the church and talk to others who are having a difficult time or to visit the sick at the hospital, hospice center or nursing home and bring the Holy Eucharist to them  with a word of encouragement. Not because I am great but because our God is.

 

He has made my illness into a thing of beauty.  I truly believe that this is the time of Miracles. We need to dare to believe. Trust in God and declare Victory of illness and enjoy your days. Keep laughing and spreading hope.

I believe that my witness in this moment and challenging the powers that be that people do survive these illnesses at least beyond what conventional wisdom might say. Who knows? Only God.

My case has been reviewed and studied by MIT as well as a prominent Dr. From China.

Gods showing everyone that he very much in the moment with us. He loves us and wants us to be in relationship with us so he can help us.

God Bless You,

Danny

The visit / Teddy

02 Wednesday Mar 2016

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March 1st 2016

I woke very early and as I got up I went slower on sitting up and standing in order to assure myself that I would not have and episode of dizziness that occurred yesterday.

Well , it worked 😀👍 no problems to report. Yesterday was a clearly an inner ear thing. So, I got showered and dressed and had my breakfast.

On today’s agenda was a visit to the polling booth. I then hit the market and got a box of chocolates for a friend and flowers for another.

I made it to my first stop at nursing home number 1 and wanted to visit my friend Teddy and see how he was. I parked and made my way inside with his box of chocolates and he was in the livingroom  guess you would call it. It was Bingo time.

Like me Teddy has been battling Brain Cancer. I met Teddy at my church. I had received communion and was kneeling forward praying. All of a sudden off to my right I saw a man with a walker that looked very weak making his way  up for communion after he received the Eucharist he stopped at the foot of the cross looked up and smiled I could feel and see with my eyes he had peace and joy amid his battle. He trusted God and was at peace. I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the moment that I witnessed. So, it became my mission to introduce myself to he and his family who brought him. It took me a few weeks to catch up to him before I left the church. He was seated in the back of the church and I was at the front.😀

Well, we met one day as I always say , when we were meant to and he was clearly suffering the cognitive effects of the cancer but we developed a bond. One day he noticed my St. Michael Cross and I removed the chain and medal from my neck , kissed and and placed it over his head. He and his family looked shocked I just said God wants you have this. It was cut and dry from that day forward I looked for he and his family and reassured him that Gods got this he always smiled which made me smile. Teddy would show me his medal and smile.

So, today I went into the home and Teddy was sitting in his chair and had his Bingo board opened up. The women was calling the numbers and his card was filled and as she called numbers he was still looking for spots to put down his next piece. He did not recognize me and looked confused. I asked him Teddy do you remember I am Danny from church he just looked away as the women called the next number. I then asked him if he would like to receive the Holy Eucharist. He said what is it? I repeated myself and got a vague look and again he gazed off to somewhere else. So, I said a prayer for healing upon all of the people in that nursing facility that God will grant them healing of whatever they might need. I then was sitting their with the Eucharist in my hand so I said Teddy, he looked at me I said I know that you do not want to receive today so I am going to receive today for you and ask God to bless you with any graces that I have that will help you.okay😀  Again, just a vacant look. One thing that he did before I left was to look at me and show me the Rosary Beads that he was  wearing around his neck.

 

As I left the nursing home I said God help me because I had prayed for them but while I was sitting with him I felt my normal upbeat and optimistic outlook and felt drained. I felt sorrow for he and his family all the while projecting that this could be me someday. That’s the reality that I live with.

 

 

My next stop was the Livestrong program at the Y and finally I grabbed the flowers from my car and went to the nursing home number 2 to visit with Dan and Mary and it was a beautiful visit where we prayed, spoke and they received the Holy Eucharist.

I would ask you to please pray for Teddy and his family and Mary,Dan and their families. Amen

 

 

God bless us all Amen.

Danny

Oh, where to begin

01 Tuesday Mar 2016

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First off, Let me say this….. This writing was started on 2-21-16 and completed today 2-29-16. So a little time has elapsed but that is how it needed to be.

2-21-2016

 

I have not written a whole lot in the past few weeks. Their has been a lot going on. Fortunately those things have been good. I am learning as I move forward that we should not just bury a feeling or emotion. We need to decern what is going on within our mind and emotions  and exercise and test them . We can sabotage our  emotional health and the healing of our bodies by allowing negative thoughts to alter the moment we are in. This week I joined the next LIvestrong class as a visitor whereas I have already completed the Y Livestrong program this past Nov . I felt blessed that I was allowed to be with the new class of  cancer patients and survivors. I guess I am the mascot lol

I arrived at the Y this morning and the Livestrong program was already in progress. The trainers were working with the patients on the machines. What they did was to demonstrate to their new patients/ clients the  proper positions to take while working with their bodies on those machines to increase the value of the workout and preventing further injury to the individuals. The trainers then gave them their preliminary starting weights that they should use to help to build their muscle etc.  I upon seeing them working with the new bees made my way to the  special bike that work on. This bikes works great  with my left side issues. I sat down and began my workout I rode that bike for 1/2 hour. The trainer Dan had his eye on me as did Trish the second trainer and Dan indicated that he wanted to take me to a couple of the press machines for my arms and legs. We made it through the arm workout. Dan assisting with the amount of weight put on my left arm so I would not make a bad situation worse. After we finished that I asked Dan to stretch my left side  I had not been stretched since The beginning of Dec when my physical therapy coverage was fully exhausted. The stretching definitely effects my mobility and healing it is something that I cannot live without.

You see going back to that program as a guest was a Miracle in itself. I had gone in a couple of  weeks ago just to sign up for a regular membership the Y allowed me to keep the membership month  by month because I like many cancer patients do not know what tomorrow will bring. So, for me I did not want to be locked into a year membership when there is always the possibility that I may have to stop again at any given moment.

When  you don’t work or should I say are unable to work I feel guilty in any purchase that I make. I need to justify and test the need before I do.

 

 

I just picked up this writing today again the was started last week and I am continuing it now  the date now is 2-29-2016.

It’s  intersting that I wrote about controlling our minds and emotions above on this page and when I was finally drawn back to this blog today I had a personal moment today that challenged me on both fronts.

I went to get of bed today and I sat up a little quicker than I normally do on the edge of the bed and my head swam and I got dizzy. It took a few moments for me to stand up and to move towards my bath. I remained a little unsteady and nervous and then the situation was over.

Given my past history with brain cancer I had some terrible falls due to my cancer I would literally spin and find myself on the ground. My first response was to say God the cancer is back. But I then stopped looked in the mirror and began to test how I looked, my mobility and said to myself, get a grip.

I was thinking to myself there are plenty of other reasons why a person could be light headed besides brain cancer. I got ready and did not make any sudden movements with my head that would make myself dizzy.

I had my breakfast and felt fine I even did a few chores where I did bend and move my head and I was fine. Praise God.

when I finally was set to go I headed out to my dads and brought him our lunch and we spent time talking and I was able to give him the Holy Eucharist. Later we went in and put the television and spent time laughing at an old show that was on😀

It was fun at one point, I was sitting there fogging out I guess and my dad said is there something wrong? You look worried. I reassured him that I was just tired which I was.

My youngest brother came and as did my sister just popped in on her lunch time to see my dad. We were talking and laughing and my sister stopped and said are you okay ? I said yes why ?  I will tell you something I did feel fine but I was tired. They are so close to me that they just knew through their Spirits that there was dis- ease in me today because of what happened this morning.

please, please, if something out of the norm happens to you physically do not go negative it allows unhealthy worries or thoughts to envade your thoughts. That triggers stress, and stress causes Dis-ease in our bodies which then can manifest itself as Disease that we need to fight. Amen.

 

keep me in your prayers please, I will do the same for you all 🙂

I have the Livestrong program tomorrow and I will be visiting 2 separate nursing facilities to visit and bring the Holy Eucharist to friends who are not well. One is a dear friend with Glio like I have battled.

God Bless You,

Danny