Hello All,

i spoke to a dear friend today. I had not heard from here in a little bit and thought I would drop a dime.Donna has COPD Emphysea and is now once again battling lung cancer. This is her second time around. We had a very nice conversation and I offered for my wife and I to come and get her for church. She no longer drives and her children are not handy. I was reminded while talking to her that she and I both could have it much worse than we do. I just said Donna, I miss my old life so much but, I I then said Donna, I have no right to feel that way. There are others who have never walked, worked ,married, had children and been capable of getting out of their special wheel chairs etc. wasn’t  I blessed to have had 50 years of good health and a very very full life.

So, please pray for Donna, for my friend Trish from the Y who is mourning the loss of her mom. For all of us here on planet Earth, we need to keep our chins us especially when life gets difficult. We need to love and support and spread hope and joy no matter what.

I love this time of year because it is so refreshing and it ushers us into the Advent and Christmas Seasons. Christmas to me represents the light and hope of Christ and the slow The snow represents the purity of Mary and Christs Divine Innocense.

Thanks and God bless Danny

So, today it was my destinct honor to speak with Donna and she said Dan thx for calling it makes me feel so much better.

Goodmorning everyone , it is currently 11:0oamo

i was up at 4:00am and got ready for my ride into my Dr’appointment and left my

homeat 5:30 am with my brother to get as at Dana Farber by 6:30 I had my blood draw @ that time , my meeting with Dr. Reardon and finally, I had my treatment of Ivastin and then we headed home I was home by 10:00 am so I love getting in early. The hospitals and doctors are on time because I am first so I get in and out no traffic etc.

I am feeling extremely well. I am just exhausted aside from that I have no complaints. Gods good that’s for sure.

please continue to pray for Teddy A. And Leslie and Tim R and family. Thankyou very much and God Bless you 😀👍🙏

Danny😀❌⭕️❤️

On on my way home with my brother this song came on and I thought of my Aunt/ God Mother who passed away just over 3 months ago. After my mother passed away in Aug of 2013 , my God mother called me and said she wanted to stay close to me particularly since my mom was gone.We both missed my mom so much. My aunt and mom relied on eachother also for support eerily, they both suffered from the same disease and had very similar journeys. My mom and aunt talked daily.

While I was at Dana Farber I was looking at all of the faces of cancer patients and the effects  has had  on their bodies. One constant was the warmth they shared with one anothereye contact, a warm mile and a kind word. . There were no victims there just people living in hope and trying to lift one another up. It is beautiful when you realize what you are witnessing. It is very uplifting.

i cannot say enough about how much I love Dana Farber, my Dr. And all of the staff they are amazingly awesome at their care and their connection with their patients well, we were laughing because, I was discovered to have low T. The doctor asked if I had been using it the medication prescribed months ago and I said no. I read the side effects and it mentioned a possibility of getting man boobs lol. I said I have been through enough don’t want a bra next. Janet woulnot like that and we laughed so it was decided that I would begin using it for the month to see if my energy rebounds at all. The low T was a good finding for me for my general health too. So, I came home and applied my first dose to my arm on my way out of the exam room I said Doctor if I return in 1 month with a double D cup I will not be happy. He had his nurse walked out laughing. I look at it this way smart people who work in a stressful and often times sad line of work need a little levity in their day. And my sense of humor is such that if there is gutter in front of me I will step into and make a laugh out of something. We are the salt and light. I love them and hope they kept chuckling for a while after I left. Life is too short that’s for sure. Again, here is the song that reminded me of my aunt. She loved Neil Diamond.

She he was a lovely very hard working married mother of 5 children and also worked at a hospital for a number of years to help provide for the family too. She was strict, loving very fussy on how things we kept and she valued a dollar.

I miss her very much. Mainly her voice she and my moms voices had a similar tonal quality. So, when she called to talk to me, support me it was a little bit like talking to my mom  which was very comforting

For my aunt Jeanne.

Please continue to pray for Jean, her husband Guy and their children who miss her so very much. Thankyou.

O

Saturday was fun day I missed church in the afternoon because my wife , one of my brothers and his wife Nancy along with my sister Donnaand her husband Chris converged on the Riley homestead here and took us to woodmans for lunch and we then went and took the Essex River cruise it took and out 1.5 hours on the boat and the weather could not have been better we then stopped because the ladies wanted ice cream. Our last stop was a spot in Rckport to watch the sunset. It was so beautiful. Yesterday was a very nice day. I was grateful for every moment and thanked God many many times during silent words of prayer.

For or my family and friends who have helped to transform our days to ones of beauty through words, prayers and deeds.

we love you all immeasurably,

Danny and Family

I have over the years seen so many people do things that looked irrational to me. Many ended up making bad choices. I understand now to a certain degree that people are looking for one thing happiness.Hapiness can certainly be elusive because life changes on a dime and when emotions ae involved you sometimes just what to get the heck out and escape.

Fortunately for me, I have seen this many times  over the years friends, clients who have lived this. That is why when I began to get restless a while ago, I was able to attach my emotion to this situation. And say nope not going there.

I had had an older neighbor years ago that the grass was always greener somewhere else so they sold their home of over 30 years and moved from their home in Arlington and moved to Florida, they were retired and just wanted to get a fresh start from whatever. Well 5-6 years later they hated Florida they missed their friends, and changes in the Seasons. Florida was very transient and friends were made an lost. They were trying t sell their home and we’re losing so much value in Florida for whatever reason meanwhile Arlington was booming along with the Northeast region here.

They came back to find out that their old home was on the market and they could not afford to re purchase it. They were broken hearted. They rented an apartment in Arlington heights for a fortune and then started to fix up the place it was pretty run down. But, she kept here homes beautiful so she was treating it like her very own home. Here husband went to wrk once again in a hardware store locally. My parents and family felt so badly.

In in another case,I had a prominent

older couple and they lived in a lovely home in Arlington made for retirement.They were my clients for years and were very entrenched in the Town. The wife was having some emotional struggles andseemed to just want to escape whatever. They had a get away home down south for the winters and a Cape home for the summers.and they had all the financial trappings that one might want.

she came into my business one day and stated that she was selling her home and how upse her husband was and said he would not sell. She told me where she wanted to go to and I was in a rock and a hard place  because I had a client who  cared about making a decision that looked very unstable and unnecessary but that’s where each one of us is allowed the dignity of our decisions. I tip toed the situation carefully with my brothers being honest and supportive. Well, my client went ahead and purchased the new condo and had us go in to change items she did not like. She and her husband went off to Florida while the work was being completed. Well, she came back and stopped the work saying that her husband was devastated and would not move into the condo. They never moved in and they moved into an in law suite at their daughters home. Miles from their home town. She spent her life driving back and forth for her doctors, and shops that she frequented it was very sad. Her husband passed not too much later. She followed a few years later. It was a powerful life lesson for me to witness and learn from. In case number 1 they were a regular folks. He worked in manual labor his wife was a crossing guard. In case number two they were affluent and you would not think that stuff like this would happen. Like I have said before emotions are very powerful. I honesty do not know if full happiness is achievable in this world. I have been very grateful to have had such a nice life. But, there are moments in this life with cancer that I wish I could run and escape it. Which I know is not something that I cannot do.

The couple of things that has kept me anchored throughout this process is God, faith and my family. I focus on the moment that I am in to the best of my ability without projecting too much into the future and my own personal desires.

I guess the best I or we can to is to count our blessings take a deep breath and give it to God as the prayer says be still and know, that I am God and that we all experience the struggle on this Earth.we will get through it.

I heard from my friend Tim today and he said that his wife my friend Leslie who is in home hospice is gravely ill. So please pray for Leslie, Tim and their family.

Also, one of my wife’s

And we should pray for eachother and our own needs Amen.God Bless,

Dannyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHlbnNUHQGI

My last blog  got 2 different responses most were like keep going and you got this I also received one comment from a very good friend asking me to be sure that my desire is in my heart from God. I spend so much time in prayer and feel so at peace helping others. It was suggested to me that my wanting to step out and help may be self activated by my own personal desire. I responded back via email to the best of my ability that yes, I know it’s a calling from God just as I know that my personal desire to be active and be a positive influence in people’s life is definitely contributing my trying to get baby steps going beyond my blog.

God puts desires in our hearts and if he wants something then he will make the way for it to happen, because in this life it not just about ourselves. We are fisher of men for God and a whole lot of people are lost, alone or frightened. There is no need for this.

so, I have a burning in my heart that I will not deny. It’s my work for Gods glory as I see it.

I am still considered to be terminally ill. The only thing that I know is that sometime in my future I will before God answering to him about my life and what I failed to do and what pleased him. I will not deny one thing that I feel God asks of me. I told my priest and friend years ago with my first bout of brain cancer that I would be the best handicapped version of myself that I could in the last year or so I started to pout a bit about my health precidiment. That’s when my truest a best friend s and my family one by one said a few words to me that helped me to see that I was setting myself up for failure by my own negative self talk. As they called it and it was. I am sure Evil the Devil was thrilled that I was a bit discouraged. God sent in the Angels in my life to stop that train on the tracks and turn it around. We I am back stronger than ever with even more zeal to get to my goal. Leave no one behind that God leads me too.

I am am finding my òwn way back to God carrying a torch of light with me, so aren’t you so, smile and pull your cross behind you. It will all end well! We are all related to our one God and Brother Jesus. Amen.

This morning was beautiful quiet, reflective and prayerful. I woke up early this morning per usual and my wife Janet was up and about taking care of our four legged family members and then she was off for errands. I layed in bed looking out of the skylights and was doing my personal inventory. As I have written time and time again. Their are so many different layers to each life experience that we have. I think we have large general thoughts of things that happen in our lives of acceptance , we then live beyond that descriptive moment and find the depth of the meaning of the life change and its actual effect on my mind set and where I am at. Well for the last 4 years I have been feeling pretty useless and have been trying to figure out what God wants for me to do so I took my baby steps with my blog and outreach to other cancer patients I found the layers of working with other cancer patients. My personality is based out of compassion and connection and I bond with people so easily. As a result I have been effected in my emotions and psyche as my friends has progressed in their illnesses or left this world. Love is the most powerful bond and emotion that there and I get to loving people pretty quickly.

So, this morning I layed in bed and I was thinking about my act 2 as I have called it and where I think God wants me to be to serve his needs. And, honestly to be able to contribute to my familiesfinancial  needs. Well, this week I moved a little more in the direction of getting my feet onto the path towards tomorrow. Last night I just laid in bed looked at the stars as I thought wow, I am so excited and yet I am a little intimidated by the un known. For the 1st time since Glio, I will be potentially be stepping out to speak publically to a group of individuals to help motivate and show them that Gods got our situations .  I have not traveled by myself since my Cancer and left sided situation began. I rely on my wife for so much. never Being now a handicapped version of myself will pose my first challenge. So, my decision to push on towards my future is bringing on yet a real life reality that I need to face and conquer overcome. God will make it happen and I need to accept with a grateful heart what the Lord has in store for me. Life is full of challenges for each one of us but we cannot back away. It means simply stepping out of our boat and comfort zone into the water and trusting that we are steadied and protected by Jesus Christ. I for one believe.

change is good and it’s only through adversity that I will find my higher calling and best personal self so here we go I guess!! Lol

please keep in your prayers as I pray for your needs Amen

God Bless you all Danny

at church today, I found out that another one of my friends went to the Lord this week. He was a wonderful and holy man in his 50’s also. Please pray for Teddy A and his lovely family.

also, please continue to pray and send your love and support for my friend Leslie who is currently in home hospice with her husband Tim and their daughter by their side. Thankyou

So, I will wait in the hope of Christ to see what happens and will manage if and when the time comes. I will tell you one thing if I am called I will show up no matter what.

Leslie Stein Robison

September 5 at 7:05am ·

My beautiful wife, love of my life has joined her last battle. Please pray for her and send her your love while she is still with us. Words cannot convey the depths of my sadness.

Tim Robison

Hello All, PLease pray for my friend Leslie, her husband Tim and their lovely daughter. Leslie is  currently in hospice in her home in the surburban Boston area.

I have been soGrateful for companions along my  life’s journey.My friend Leslie who walked a few steps along our life journey here  encouraging me as we gave God the glory.

This another one of my friends that I met during my canccer walk at DanaFaber we bonded quickly do to our faith and optomistic outlooks.

Leslie Stein Robison

September 5 at 7:05am ·

My beautiful wife, love of my life has joined her last battle. Please pray for her and send her your love while she is still with us. Words cannot convey the depths of my sadness.

Tim Robison