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What Fills Our Lives can usher us into eternity. Amen.

12 Friday Jun 2015

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This posting began this way…

I went to bed a few nights ago after prayer I put my kindle on and was going off to sleep and a song came on and I felt my heart open up and I was saying I know this song from years ago. I actually got myself up on their edge of the bed to look at the kindle to see who the artist was. There was a strong Spirit of love from the song  emenating into my soul. Plus this song was my mother in laws favorite song sung by Eva Cassidy. 🙂

I saw his name and did not  recognize it so, I made note of it and fell back into the bed. The next morning I was at the 9 mass and I visited a hospital and brought the Holy Eucharist to a friend. I came home and began to see who IZ Israel Kamakawiwo’ole was.

He was a wonderful Hawaiian Man. A Holy Man. He tried to bring the love of the Lord to everyone and he had a strong social message  for the youth of his time to stay drug free etc and to give back to their socity positive things.

IZ struggled with severe weight  issues in his life reaching over 6 hundred pounds. He died of heart failure at age 38. He lived and gave his best to the Lord and struggled personally as we all do.   but he was perfect in his imperfection !

He passed over 20 years ago but guess what ? Gods got him onto this post today he inspired me and hopefully you too. 

But, his life was a complete victory he effected a beautiful change in this world. He lived his victory despite his struggles. Amen.

Today is Friday and I was at the 9 mass and visited the hospital and my friend Mary and her daughter for a visit. Mary is recovering from her illness They received the Holy Eucharist and we prayed together what a beautiful gift it was to see them.

Please pray for Mary and her family during this time. Marys husband Dan was home not feeling well also. Mary is an inspiration to so many in this time.

My aunt called and canceled my visit today she did not feel well enough . She is currently on a journey with cancer which has been very difficult.

So, please pray for Jeanne and her family. 

This is the song that got me out of bed the other night. You will understand why in a moment. 🙂

Note at the end of the video the celebration of his life. Jesus took the sting out of death. We need to celebrate our days and our lives knowing that better things are to come to us all in Gods time. Amen.

God Bless You All,

Danny

Daily Hero’s with their own ministries.

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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My heart feels such gratitude for so many things in this moment. The small things in life are evening out the imperfections along the daily journey. The small moments of connections with friends and family are so healing.:)

I went to my dad’s today and as always his wit was with him. He is 87 but does not act it with me. He has a great sense of humor. So, he lifts my day up every time.

I headed home and thought you know what, I am going to visit the chapel for a few minutes so I did. It was very peaceful and I saw a neighbor who was sitting there in prayer. I walked out with J and we talked for a bit. She asked me to pray for her nephew who is having emotional difficulties. So please pray for J’ s nephew God knows who you are praying for. It was a very beautiful encounter today because I heard God becon me in that moment to visit that chapel. If I had gone ever 15 minutes later I would not have seen J and I would not have known about her nephews need for prayers. We now all can pray for his needs.

We are all connected so we need to listen to the Spirit of God’s voice and act on what our hearts call us to.

Lastly,

I am very grateful to my doctors and all of the medical personal that I have had. God has and is useing them to help me and so many others who are living with a cancer diagnosis and its complications.

I was thinking about this doctor, my Dr. Who is such a wonderfully compassionate man. I also have been blessed to see him in two very dynamic ways. As a patient number one and as a witness as he spoke to a patient that he was consulting. I wrote about this encounter on my blog months ago.

It must be very hard to be a doctor and to be on a battlefield with an adversary such as cancer. Could you imagine going to work on daily basis greeting people who are sick, afraid and in most cases are unaware of what they are in for.

Dr. Reardon knelt by my wheelchair and basically begged me to stay and have tests done to try to get me to treatment. I was so sick at that time I wanted to just go home I was too tired to cope and he stayed with me until I said okay !!! A special man indeed.

For Dr. Reardon…. thank you. 🙂

The doctor has to break the news to them and their families like my doctor did for us here. They also need to relay a sense of hope as well even in the most dire of circumstances Theses doctors and nurses are given such an incredible gift from God.

Without further adieu I wanted to introduce my doctor from Dana Faber . He is only one of the many people who have been so wonderful and Christ like in their daily dealing with me, my family and others around them . They are truely special people and healers of men by Gods design. So, I will begin to high light these people in the coming months.

His demeanor is always the same just wonderfully peaceful.

http://www.dana-farber.org/Health-Library/David-Reardon,-MD.aspx

God Bless You All.

Danny

With This Ring……… At The Counter…..Swansons.

05 Friday Jun 2015

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Just about 3 years ago after my diagnosis I found myself being helped up to the countertop of my jeweler Swansons in Arlington. My family has known them for years and they were my clients too. I haved worked in their home over the years, plus I decorated their showroom.

Well,  back on point 🙂  My brother brought me in that day because steroid from treatment caused my entire body to bloat. My ring was so tight that my finger was turning color. So, Mr. Swanson looked so compassionalely at me as my brother held my hand in place and he had to cut it into 2 peices to get it off. They even had to use two sets of plyers to get it off of my finger. They were so careful not to hurt me. Beautiful people, and my older brother is a saint.

The two halves have been in the little jewelry bag for 3 years. Well 2 weeks ago I took a covert operations trip there to Swansons all by my onesies and left it with them for repair.  Today, I picked it up after its repair and  tonight I will have my wife slip it back onto my finger 🙂 It almost our 29 wedding anniversary so I felt it would make for a beautiful moment. I am a blessed man.

That little gold ring represents something totally irreplaceable. It represents my commitment to my greatest God given gift. It also serves as a reminder of what true unselfish love and sacrafice looks like. God in action. My beautiful wife Janet. Amen!

So for her…..

life no matter what ,  calls for celebration…. 🙂

God Bless You,

Danny

Love is the answer

04 Thursday Jun 2015

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I was very glad to see the rain recently whereas everything has been so parched. Rain sets the stage for change in so many ways…

Rain can alter your mood. In a positive or negative way.

Rain can slow down our out door plans and make us change course in our days. Not a bad thing sometimes.

Rain changes the smell of the air outside making nature seem like it is renewed. Just the sound of the rain falling seems to be a healing factor of sorts.

Rain makes me personally contemplate everything. Last Sunday was a day of heavy contemplation. Being connected to my feelings and my God. I was thinking to myself how small we are in relations to this thing called life.  I had been to church Saturday and my wife and I were having a typical weekend. Church, family etc. We also visited a family friend in the hospital Saturday which required a lot of walking for me. Mary is a wonderful family friend who is suffering from a severe infection in her left leg so she was having her leg amputated on Monday at 3:00 p.m.  My wife and I spent time talking to her and reassuring her that God’s got her and will take care of her. As my wife and I entered her hospital room that day she began to cry and buried her face into her hands, she said you came and reached for my wife and looked and said a miracle is here as she cried and reached for me. I hugged and kissed her and said are you worried? She said yes but she said she had  prayed and asked Jesus to please guide her with her medical decisions. She was at peace with the Doctors thoughts on this matter. I asked her what time the surgery was and she responded Monday at 3:00 I said Mary, that’s great that is the Lord’s hour. I told her that I would say the chaplet of Divine Mercy for her on Monday.  I got up this morning and was eating breakfast by 5:45 am today / Sunday.On my way out, I placed my hand on her head and my wife and I prayed for her needs . I knew full well that God had her and her family in the palm of his hand.

I had decided that Sunday, I was not leaving the house at all. I was tired from the running that I had done all week so I began my regimen of reading, praying and interacting with my family, dad , etc.

I found myself reading about the illness that I have been living through namely non surgical Glio 4

From there, I turned on the television and the news was all about Beau Biden who passed from GLIO BLASTOMA as well. By the way Glio took Ted Kennedy too.

My cancer was non surgical grade four of the central nervous. Thats why I am considered a miracle in this moment.

I turned the tv up to listen to the Dr’s Grimm description of the illness and its nearly 100 percent death probability. And just thought to myself,  I have heard this so many times.  Yes, I do think of the statistics surrounding this desease from time to time and yes, I know it could come back someday to me too. But, I do not dwell in a house that sees and worries about things that only God controls. I have had a main focus since diagnosis in my life and it has been to love my family, my friends, my God and  to do be something positive to this world and to help those who are dealing with their own life challenges. I set goals for myself to reach sometimes that  have been too lofty as I have am coming to learn. My time table was not realistic. But, that what a hopeful outlook can do. It believes in only in the good possibilities.

I am not giving up on setting goals or expectations for myself I am just remembering that I need to be more realistic as to what I can and cannot currently do.

BTW, Mary had surgery on Monday and is doing well. The surgeon will be seeing her today. She remains positive and from what I have been told has a long road ahead.

Finally, I met with a friend that I had not seen for 3 years yesterday for lunch at a local restaurant. Dave and I caught up and he is a wonderful man of faith who belongs to Grace chapel. We talked about life and its many twists and turns. We talked about faith and our love for our Lord and his blessings upon us all.

I told him that we need to cut ourselves slack in this life to pick up the peices of our dissapointments and move on knowing that Gods got it and create a new creature in us all. If we just trust.

God Bless You,

Danny

A Powerful 8 Minutes.

01 Monday Jun 2015

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Fr. Leo Clifford . What a gift that he was given and he shared with us all. Amen…

Listen , learn and love.

Please pray for Mary M today. Mary had here left leg amputated today at @ 3:00 pm. I offered up the  Divine Mercy Chaplet for her at that time. She is a lovely lady of faith and was accepting her situation knowing that the Blessed Mother and Jesus would be with her Amen.

More about Mary tomorrow.

God Bless Beau Biden and family as well

God Bless You All.

Danny

Time keeps slipping into the future

29 Friday May 2015

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well, its been about a week since my last blog. Life continues to be a mix of different life changes going on here at the homestead. All good fortunately at this moment.

My daughters coming wedding is stirring up different dad emotions. I am so happy for she and Chris. Janet and I as well as the other kids here are adjusting our emotions and mindsets daily. It is a beautiful moment in time where my family of 6 will grow by 4 with the marriage and Chris’s family.

http://www.cbn.com/…/promises_marriage.asp…

Christian Broadcasting Network

By J. Steven Lang The love of husband and wife is, at its best, a hint of the deeper love between a human being and God.

I have continued to pray for and talk to others who are dealing with their own daily struggles with various illnesses. I have been throwing myself out of the house as much as I am physically capable of and when I am home, I will myself off the chair to wash the floor, do laundry etc to help out the family. They are all working and running around and I hate see my wife working constantly.

Life is so good despite our struggles.

I still stuggle with walking a bit since the track incidence so i am facing it head first still and confronting my fear of falling. its been harder on me than my cancer diagnosis has been.

its a combination of my human fear and a spiritual attack upon me.

 And, it will not prevail over me. ! I am in a battle that Jesus has already won. You are too. 🙂

I was in my car going to my dads this week and the music was touching me so much. I felt so good, I felt young and the memories of my childhoods raced back to greet me. How bitter sweet taking into the account of the ones that are no longer here with me physically.

Plus driving makes me feel normal. I am no longer restricted.

In regards to this next  songs  they came to me while I was sitting here writing and I believe these songs about love and life can also very easily relate to our lives and our journeys. On the days when we just don’t feel like getting up to greet the day.

Music is healing. It is inpired mostly by the Spirit of God. Some of it  is not and I stay away from the dark music.

i have no white flags for cancer or anything else.. Neither should you .

and lastly we need to guard our words to one another. Words can kill anothers Spirit and they also kills ours too.

Love yourself and you will love everyone else too. it begins within us all . Amen.

Bring joy, spread love, sow seeds of joy and faith. Everyone is worthy of this love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtkTINuD0JA

God Bless You,

Danny

I Believe

21 Thursday May 2015

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Hi All ! 🙂

Its been a little while since my last blog entry I know, I have been quiet in the moment allowing life to carry me through a very refective time. My family is going through a beautiful time as we prepare for our eldest daughters wedding. My son too is beginning to move forward to find his own place to live in as well. So, it will be an adjustment to see them leave for sure. But, thats what good parenting does it set their children up with faith, knowledge of God and the belief that they can do it! Plus, I still have two at home!  LOL

For my daughter Stacy and her Chris 🙂 Jesus Christ will greet them on that alter that day and Stacy , Jesus and Chris will begin their own family trinity that day ! Amen.

I have been talking to so many people during this time. Many are struggling with illness and family situations. We all have them don’t we. Thats okay. Fear not just love those family and friends through it.

Love begins within you. If you are in Christ then,  the The Holy Spirit will enable us to speak and do the right thing .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83w9cGTFZQ

Well,my daughter gets wed at the end of the June the day before my wife and I 29th wedding anniversary and I will tell you there were many a moment over the past three years that I was not sure that I would be there to witness this beautiful moment . Thats the reality of the cancer that I have fought. I have prayed to God that I would be here and had also accepted that I may be there in Spirit only. So, you can only imagine how grateful I am to be walking that isle with her. My daughter is going to walk the church isle with me a number of times before so that I will feel comfortable whereas my walk is far from perfect.

This next link is just amazing please enjoy. Believe that all will be well. Amen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkPlzZca5-Y

With Love,

God Bless You All !

Danny

Appreciating the smallest of things.

14 Thursday May 2015

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I have been led to slow down the blog writing. I felt that it was best for this blog and believe God wanted it to be a more reflective time for me.

During this slow down, I have reflected on so much that has transpired over the last three or so years. So much water has gone under the bridge I have lost a lot of the people that I have prayed for. But having said that I am in contact with a number of them that are healed or are simply living their lives with their illness.

I could have been a victim of this cancer but God gave me a strong faith. Most of my troubles since I got cancer were caused by my impatience and pig headed attitude.

Happiness is elusive if we are not content with the blessings that we have.

Having it all is not something that anyone of us can truely find here in this life. My feeling and understanding of life is this. Accepting our plights and the things that occur in our lives and acknowledging them allows us the power over how they can or will affect us. It is our choice to be a victim or victorious.

Everyday, I spend a great deal of energy on rebuilding my life. In the last few days I has begun the process of loving who I am now. When I look at my life I am trying to be less harsh on myself.

I cannot help my mobility issues any more that I could have prevented the brain cancer.

I should be 100 percent happy having my life just as it is. Imperfect yet blessed by the breath in my body and my brain and my minds ability to function at such a high level given the cancer, chemo and radiation treatment that I have received.

I was out yesterday doing a brief errand that my dad asked me to do. The 1st such request in more than three years. As I walked down the isle of that store I saw a few people that knew me. One stopped about 75 feet ahead of me  and looked at me as I approached like she was seeing a ghost. She looked dazed and confused. Finally, her name came into my mind and I said hello Jackie, how are you? and give me a hug. Her eyes filled with tears she said how are you? I said good and smiled. I then said I am still in therapy and it has been a long journey. She went on to tell me that a girl Kelley that we both had known about 3 years ago had become ill with brain cancer and she did not make it. I felt very badly that I had not known. I walked towards the register with my dad’s item and ran into yet another man that I have not seen for 3 or more years. He engaged me in conversation and he looked at me and said man, your a Miracle. He said I asked one of the guys that I used work with what ever happened to Dan?  They assumed that you succumbed to the disease as well. So, my dad’s request for me pick up an item in the store was ordered as far as I am concerned by Heaven for a bigger purpose to witness to others at a core level. I am still here, I am still struggling physically but I feel so alive. God has his ways and his reasons. I loved seeing these people they brought my old life forward to meet my life today.

I was grateful to find out about Kelleys passing  because I could now pray for her and her family. Perhaps that was the other reason for my being there yesterday. God knows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8PLBQrzWQ8

That’s it, please remember Paul S. in your prayers as he is in on his pilgrimage to find a cure for his cancer. (Medjugorje)

Also, please remember Kelley and her family whereas she passed from her brain cancer.

God Bless You,

Danny

Medjugorje Miracles and the two different camps.

11 Monday May 2015

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Medjugore miracles.

Our dear family friend P. S. embarked yesterday on a pilgramage to Medjugorje with his brother Steve. P has been fighting his battle with pancreatic cancer.

So, yesterday he kissed his wife and kids good bye to make his long journey to the small town in Western Bosnia.

God is with them and faith has lead them their for a healing from God.

http://www.medjugorje.com/medjugorje/signs-and-miracles.html

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Medjugorje_Miracles

You know there are two different camps out there…

Those who believe and those who don’t.

Yesterday I had heard about Pauls departure seeking a healing with his brother all the way to Bosnia and thought what a beautiful journey that he has taken on. It is physically challenging  for him for sure given his treatment etc but he is living his Victory despite his illness. Amen.

The other camp. When my wife got word of their departure a conversation began with a few in the group that we were with. They began asking questions and we responded. their were funny eyes being made, and not alot of understanding. Their faith as a family is not strong so I understood their thinking that it was weird.

My feeling is this… They have a right to their opinion and it does not bother me. I also know that they look at me and cannot figure me out. They do not know how I can live happily when I was given a terminal diagnosis 3 years ago. I am here to hopefully open their eyes up to God reality.

Well, Paul and I share one very important thing God and Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Something my other friends do not comprehend in this moment. I pray that someday they will because we all need him ! Amen. Pauls faith has called him to believe in a healing and he was called to Bosnia in this moment Amen.

For Pauls Miracle and his brothers Steves desires for his brothers needs to be met.

Kari Jobe The more I Seek You.

For his wife L and their three children.

Sanctus Real.

God Bless You,

Danny

Dad and the breakfast sandwich.

08 Friday May 2015

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For my neice who was wed in January and my daughter who is due to wed this summer. They both have awesome moms 🙂

I have mentioned my dad  many times on this blog and I have to say I am very blessed to have him.

He is a very strong soft spoken man. He minds his business but is there for myself or any of his family members regardless of the generation.

MY dad is 87 now. My cancer has had some good upsides too. It slowed me down so that I could see even more clearly the important things in my life. You see, my parents were  always very good . They never demanded anything of their children  after we were married. As my mom would say do what you need to do in terms of the holidays etc meaning that they were not going stress us ( their children) out to be there at their home every holiday. My parents would just say no problem, we are here. It was precisely for that easy going and welcoming nature that all 5 of their children and 13 grand children converged on their home on all Holiday’s and  most Sundays for dinners and or a cook out. My parents bought a new swing set, a kiddie pool, kiddie chairs , balloons and balls. My brother even bought a battery powered jeep for the kids to drive in the yard 🙂 So cute. We all brought our kids cozy coupes with us too. It was so cute to see them all in action.

As this Mothers Day approached I was thinking of my mom in the small moments. My mother was at peace in the midst of the storm. Even as my dad laughed and played with the kids on those beautiful busy family days. My mom would gently talk to her children and grand children and even as the kids were running eachother over with their cozy coupes and battery operated jeep. She calmly made up her potted plant arangements useing her back stoop as her workbench.

My parents are a major fact of why I combat my lifes issues so well. My moms death is coming up to its two year anniversary shortly. She remains very much alive in all of here children and my dads heart and memory. Amen.

This past week I went to see my dad. I recently introduced him to Dunkin Donuts breakfast sandwiches 🙂 I had not had one for years myself but I wanted to treat him with breakfast so, it went like this….

Danny pulled into my dads driveway at o’9:00 military time in my geloppy and my dad came right out he had been standing look out LOL . He at age 87 ran down the steps to assist his 53 year old son out of the car. He grabbed the bag from dunks first!  I will  have you know ! 🙂

So, in we went to my dad house and he  had the table set with paper plates and 1 peice of paper towel each. He made me sit and then got his Kurig going.

I explained what I had gotten and he said oh, I never had one. Well, he thoroughly enjoyed it and I even got him for .75 cents a small thing of their tator tots. While he was eating them he stopped eating and said hum they are suprisingly good. 🙂

In that quiet moment just being with my dad my mom was brought up. As, I scanned the diningroom pictures of my mom and dad throughout the many years were loving placed by my dad. He said it will be two years in August. I said i know as his eyes filled with tears. I said dad, mom is no longer in pain and his fully healed by Christ and she is with us now and always.

For our moms Happy Mothers Day,  🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw6uwujZ0dA

God Bless You All.

Danny.

Also please pray for The Family of Tim Daly. Tim went to the Lord after a long battle with ALS. Jim is no longer a prisoner of his body. Amen. Please keep them in your prayers this Mothers Day.