Hi all I spoke to a friend Jenn who is also being treated for Glio brain cancer yesterday. I met Jenn some time ago while witnessing my story in my church.
Jenn and I have stayed in contact with each other. Jenn has twin daughters who are around nine years old.
Our conversation yesterday was so beautiful she had been in Dana Farber last Tuesday and I had been there last Wdnesday so we compared notes. She was excited to tell me that her tumor had shrunk a little more once again, 🙂 Amen!
The doctors also cleared her to take her two children with her husband to Disney so they made last minute plans and are leaving tomorrow.
I just told her how happy I was for them all and to go and have fun.
Jenn was a bit nervous though because of her side effects from the treatment. I understood them and told her how I have over come those very issues.
So, Please pray for our friends Jenn, Craig and their two beautiful girls. May they have a beautiful,healthy trip and may their hearts be full of joy as they experience Disney through the eyes of their children. Amen.
Have fun Jenn God Bless You Honey ! 🙂 You are an inspiration. !
We as humans can never understand the reasons for young children’s illnesses and subsequent deaths. Where is God in that ?
Well, when I saw the news about little Danny’s death my first personal thought was why him and not me. There is always a bit of survivor guilt for a person like me who is beating the odds … AT THIS MOMENT, ANYWAY.
Well, three years ago I would not be able to answer that question but, I will attempt to now. It is beyond our complete understanding and only God knows the time that we are conceived and are called home to him. One thing I can guarantee you is this, God was well pleased with Danny and the beauty that he brought to this world. Danny fell ill with a desease of his little body and its imperfection. Danny witness love ,joy and hope to everyone. He touched the hearts and minds of so many.
Danny effected a change in this world in a way that only he could. Amen
Danny’s parents were correct, this world’s desease is no longer upon him he is no longer under the bondage of this world. Danny is free.
EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED TO HIS REQUEST FOR A CARD WAS AN AGENT OF GOD. OUR BROTHERS KEEPER. AMEN.
WHAT LESSENS WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR YOUNG Children. Amen!
Having lost my son Brad Michael. I believe he is awaiting my arrival someday. Love is eternal thanks to our Savior Jesus Christ ! Amen.
This little girl is awesome !
Anyone who was in Catholic School in the 60’s -70’s will know this song 🙂
I happen to love these songs. These songs remind me of St. Basils and my mom. .When I came across this song today I was preparing for when I go to mass this weekend. I have been reflecting on this past week. My mind has been in so many places and my prayer life has been even more intense.
A lot of people that I have talked to have requested prayers it seems that everyone has something going on.
Tonight my wife and I are having a couple of good friends in for supper. They are God Strong and P has been battling cancer as well. I feel very optimistic for him but feel his pain and that of his families because I have walked this road with my family too.
We have been friends in the easy years, we are friends through this time and I am sure that we will be friends when we are very old too. 🙂
So, I dedicate this song to our friend Donna S. Who passed the 8th of APRIL , I dedicate this song to P and L our dears friends in Christ and lastly I dedicate this beautiful song to you all because Jesus is…… OUR
That’s right! No kidding. Here’s the detail on my Dana visit this past Wednesday.
I hit the hay Tuesday evening at a little after 9. I had showered, set my cell phone alarm, laid my clothing out in my bath and was ready for my 4:15 alarm. I got a call from my brother about our friend Donnas death and told my wife . I stayed in bed and did some tearful prayers, I know where Donna is but I will miss her she was a brick in my foundation too.
I slept okay but I would wake up and pray for her and thank God for having had her in my life.
So , I was awake before my cell alarm went off. I got up quietly so I would not wake my wife and got dressed etc. I headed through the bedroom and my wife was awake so we said our goodbyes:) I went downstairs it was now around 4:40 I got a sip of water, double checked for my keys, Dana card, coat and glasses. I grabbed the cane and down I went to the garage it was now 4:43 dang! Time flies!
I got into My car and off I went my first time to Danah Farber by myself! I arrived at the hospital in my garage space at 5:18 a.m. I could not believe how fast and effortless it was to get there. The hospital was not open yet so I had a chance to sit quietly and reflect.
Yes, I missed my wife and or my family members that were normally with me but, I knew that it was time to just do it. My wife would normally come with me which required her to miss work time that needed to be made up because of the nature of her work plus she remain the sole income of our home.
So, I decided that my wife and family deserved to be freed from this responsibility. The guards there are so nice too. One saw me sitting in my car and waved me into the lobby. So, I got out of my car and began to walk with my cane and the left leg began to stiffen so I took a deep breath and said , I am fine and help me LORD I looked up and the guard was holding the door for me , I smiled and said thanks my mind is fighting with my body. ( fear) still lingering a bit from the track incident. i just smiled.
Well, I stuck it out and went about the building, blood draw,MRI brain scan and then went across the hospitals to see my doctor. I concentrated my attention on people around me and prayer in order not to be frozen by fear of my leg seizing up. . Every time my leg froze I said c’mon and pushed on just knowing that it is a brain thing not a serious threat.
The doctors head assistant S came into the exam room and started off my visit and she is awesome. Picture a sweet angel, thats her 🙂 I answered all of her questions and discussed related matters. She hugged me and went to get my Dr. A few minutes later Dr. R Came into the room and said hello. He introduced me to a Dr. From China who was visiting and is an expert with GLIO brain cancer . HE wanted to see how I was presenting and look at my case info. I just said I am doing well because of God his medicines, machines and their hands through Jesus. With that my doctor said can you believe it Dan you have been out of treatment for 2 years. He smiled and said unbelievable. I raised my cane towards the ceiling and said GOD. 🙂
With that I said thank you to the nice Chinese Dr. He went to shake my hand and I said no I am a hugger and gave him a big hug with a God bless You. 🙂
Next, I dove for Dr R and he was standing there with a big smile on his face I hugged him and said thank you, God Bless You and I said I love you. We left the room and as I walked down the hall I thought to myself what a beautiful God moment. I do not know the custom of the Chinese but I knew the graditude that I felt for these wonderful men. God is love and they work everyday to bring his love to their patients Amen.
My scan was as clear as a bell. It’s a straight out Miracle Praise GOD.!!
Fr. Ron posted: “Dear Parishioners, This Friday, May 1, we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. This is the second feast of St. Joseph in our liturgical calendar. The first being March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus.
This Friday, May 1, we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. This is the second feast of St. Joseph in our liturgical calendar. The first being March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus. This feast day which was instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1955 was made to promote the dignity of labor and to encourage a spiritual dimension to labor unions. Pope Pius XII emphasized the importance of work to the Christian life in building up the kingdom of God. The worker is not to be degraded or be used for material gain but to be respected for his gifts and labor. For a practical application to this feast day, perhaps we can reflect on ways that we can add a spiritual dimension to our work day. How can we be like Jesus who worked as a carpenter? How can we live a virtuous life in our places of employment?
I share with you a letter that I received this past week from Cardinal Seán;
Congratulations on reaching your 2015 Catholic Appeal goal at St. Joseph Parish.
The Catholic Appeal is the primary means through which we sustain essential ministries that build up our community and encourage all of our people to live together in faith. Thank you for your support of this important effort.
The generosity of your parishioners is a sign of their recognition and appreciation of our pastoral leadership. I am truly grateful for their commitment and support of the work of the Church. Please share with them my heartfelt thanks for continuing to be joyful signs of God’s boundless love and compassion to all.
Thank you for your generous response to the Catholic Appeal. I also thank you for your continued generous support to this parish. Again, I encourage you to consider the spiritual activity of tithing, giving your first 10% of your income to the Lord. I ask that you support this parish with part of your tithe and to give the rest in support of other worthy organizations to help those in need. Also as you can see with our financial monthly reports, most of our parish support comes from our offertory and less from our electronic giving. It would be nice if we could reverse that in order to help us prepare for our yearly budget.
I will be available to hear confessions on Tuesday, April 28, from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
May Jesus continue to shepherd you in all of your needs.
The phone rang on Tuesday evening at around 9:15 pm and it was my brother S and he said that our friend Donna S. Passed away on April 8, We did not know. Donna was our family friend for the last 20 or so years. We met her through St.Basils and she was so perfect in her love for everyone. God radiated through her life and she served everyone.
Donna, worked very hard in her life despite having had a whole lot of physical limitations. She kept going and never stopped. She was young but had a terrible lung desease that required her to have oxygen at all times. she carried that tank around with her daily as she served everyone in need.
She loved God and believed in every word that he spoke that is written in his good book. . She lived those words and did not complain about her restrictions. She just reached out.
Donna and I talked often and she visited us here a few months back for dinner. It was very special as always. She would say Dan, God is useing you in a powerful way and I would say Donna you are the amazing one.
She cared, she was smart and she was humble and caring like Mother Teresa was.
She was also current and fun and would laugh at my danny jokes.
Donna was our friend, Donna was on a mission and Donna was an angel on Earth.
Rest in peace, we love you and will see you again . Amen.
Donna’s life was one of beauty.
Donna went to God rejoycing, oh the beauty she must have seen. We will miss you honey.
I have come to understand fear. I have never felt fear to a degree that I have been stopped literally in my tracks until about 2 weeks ago.. I now know it’s power.
Fear is not of God It is in my case an emotional thought run a muck. I triggered the reaction in myself about two weeks ago. I wrote about an incident I had while at the track when I was walking where I was so angry with myself about being negative plus being sick of my situation that I pushed myself to the point of nearly falling. It was only by the grace of God that my daughter showed up in that moment to assist me.
Well, as I have found since that occasion I am finding it extremely difficult to walk in areas that I have walked before. I fill with fear and freeze in place. So, I have found myself having to stop and remember the fact that I can walk and that I will be okay. My sister in law witnessed my freezing up while walking to the car and just said c’mon you ‘ll be fine. I was out with my wife and it happened again. I know what caused my traumatic memory, me. The fact that I was walking fast and was angry with myself and the extreme feeling of trying to stay standing with no one around me left a bad trauma in my memory which effected my psyche.
I ended up making my way to where I needed to go but it was sheer will that got me through.
I have never dealt with fear like this before so perhaps I needed this in my life so I could fully comprehend what it is and what some people live with on a daily basis.
Fear in my case is senseless because around my home and other places that I frequent I walk around normally. its just in new areas that are unknown to me
I know one thing I am going to face this fear and get this behind me. In my case it is my faith and the true reality of the fact that, I am okay that will get this lie to leave my mind and emotions and allow me to contunue the walking and healing of this body. Amen.
Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately a change in behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events. Fear may occur in response to a specific stimulus happening in the present, or to a future situation, which is perceived as risk to health or life, status, power, security, or, in the case of humans, wealth or anything held valuable. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat (also known as the fight-or-flight response), which in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) can be a freeze response or paralysis.
When the fear came upon me my entire left side froze like stone. I have left side weakness and have tone issues with the side. I could not breathe either. yet, when pulled forward, I moved through it.
I found this good little explanation of what fear is and does.
After watching this video again I am amazed at how much his description and experience are similar to mine and perhaps yours too.
I have been in a process of discovery, learning a lot of bodily motions all over again. From balance through movement. It is a long 1″ at a time victory. I have been called a slow motion miracle. As I have said before I am grateful to God and everyone that has assisted and prayed for me.Thank you and God Bless You. 🙂
I do not write or talk too much about my wife. She is a sweet, quiet private person. I will say this though I absolutely could not have been given a better gift of a wife. Without her I would not have made it through this whole ordeal. She has carried my family and has done so with such beauty and grace. Now she will kill me for writing about her but I needed to give her the credit and God the glory of his goodness to me, my children and our friends.
As my daughter often says as she laughs. Dad, the struggle is real when talking about this crazy thing called life. She has my sense of humor for sure.
ad·o·les·cence
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noun
the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
Each day can be a struggle for us from thing or another.
What we don’t want is for each day of our life to be one of standing in place. On so many levels that is bad for us.
Thats why we need to grow ever closer in our love and relationship with God. We do not want to be adolesent in our relaionship with him.
I was inspired by God with this message on Saturday afternoon as I prepared for church.
I wrote about my desire to deepen my relationship with God during this past Lenten Season. I am not sure how I did on that front. It was a beautiful Season but I was not 100 percent into the effort. I was distracted by life and stuff. My license has given me more options so I am tempted to go out when I have the energy or the mind to.
Friday for instance, I was up early and went to physical therapy. After therapy I went to chapel for a short while and I went to my dads house and spent a number of hours with him , it was awesome.
Last evening my wife and I got together with another couple of good friends for dinner. We were talking at dinner about life stuff, kids, parents , jobs etc. When we were discussing our parents etc, I was thinking that I still wish that I could have spent more face time with my mom while she was ill. It is something that I could not help but will always regret. Today like I said was great with my dad once again and I also this week went to my God parents home for lunch so life is good 🙂
My blog posts will no longer be daily because, it needs to be inspired from God and I feel that because of my new mobility that I need to be out serving more and not stting at a computer or on my kindle. 🙂
When I woke up this beautiful morning I had a song on my mind from 40 or 50 years ago and looked it up. The words in general are very true precious and few…..
Climax Blues band Precious and Few.
The moments we share here are few but Gods promise that we will be united through Jesus Christ eternally makes life beautiful. Amen.
Just Danny Speaks 