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Gift of The Holy Spirit HOW BLESSED ARE WE.

19 Wednesday Nov 2014

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In continuance of the subject gifts of the Holy Spirit, I have been wanting to speak more personally of my observations of the medical profession. The ones  that I have witnessed.

When we take a step back and really look at what God has selected for their life’s calling and what they have to do everyday it is astounding. They are after all only people like us but with a different and special gift.

For us non medical professionals just think of the personal nature of what they have to do to care for us  in our lives. For a doctor meeting a patient and 5 minutes later they are conducting a physical on a stranger. For the person in the blood lab trying to find the vein of a patient with small veins due to treatment all the while saying sorry like it’s their fault.

There are times when I could see their pain as they were preparing me for my awake brain surgery/ biopsy. Can you imagine being a surgeon and standing at the foot  of a patient’s bed that you have  just met. And then having to say sorry to that patient as you drill a hole in their head and then saying sorry you are going to feel a very sharp pain behind your eye as they pushed the probe into My brain to the tumors location.

That’s what happened to me at  The Lahey Clinic.

That’s is what I call a display of bravery born out of brotherly love. A supreme gift of God through the Holy Spirit. They were given the mental capacity to learn and understand the complexity of the science necessary and the wisdom necessary to discern what treatment protocol may be best for our anatomy and cancer in order to  aide their patient.  And, while they are trying to decide what protocol to use you can bet The Holy Spirit of GOD IS assisting in this process.These beautiful people are blessed with steady hands, healing hands of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Beyond that they need to be able to keep their emotions in check. They need to be personal without being too personal for their own psychological protection. You know a doctor or any medical staff dealing with life and  death situations can feel very responsible when a patient passes. My mom’s family doctor was her primary for over 30 years, I know that her passing effected him but I also know that she trusted and loved her doctor. He knew that too.

I have gone to my physical therapist many times and during the treatment thought to myself , God I could not do this. The  therapist stretches my left side out all the time and over the period of my healing has had to stretch out the muscles and joints in order to bring my body back as closely  to its original state.

I think as a patient the most important thing that we can do is to thank  anyone who is helping us and serving us and to validate what they are and have done and are doing for us.

There is an old saying a person in the medical practice  is only practicing medicine. I believe that . I do not mean that in a derogatory way.

Doctors and people in the medical field are human and are not God, and mistakes and human error can happen.

I know first hand that things can happen medically that are simply out of our and our doctors control. I learned that over 25 years ago when I lost my son Brad Michael. Brad had the best medical care possible. Despite that fact, it was 14 days of the most painful and yet beautiful days of my life. The doctors were very kind and comforted us. The day after my son passed we were notified by my doctor of a article that had come out the  day after he passed in the journal of medicine warning of a certain type of suctioning  that could cause cardiac arrest and death. Well, that is what happened to my son. It was not there fault it was a cruel twist of life.

My wife and my response at that time was simple, we saw them in action , all the medical staff at my son’s bed space loving him and supporting us. The doctor on more that one occasion put his arm around us as we walked down the hallway to a private room to discuss his case.

So, when we found out about this article we thanked them and said we do not blame you, you are not responsible. You see, they are not God.

My son’s illness and passing was not God’s original desire for us. Original sin caused this world’s imperfection. So, this is the world and state of living that we have as our lives.

But, you know what? God used our son and his situation for his purpose and our  good. Out of the 5 children that my wife and I have had Brad changed all of our lives here at my home in a profound way the most He brought both my wife and my life’s journey to find God to a new level. Did we want this situation in our lives ? No way. But we are better and stronger for it, that is for sure. It has prepared us for anything that could  happen, including my brain cancer. God’s here, Brad’s watching over my family . So thanks to Boston Children Hospital for your fine care of our son so long ago.

This is a new singer that I found through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, of course! 🙂

Julie sings the psalms and many healings from Jesus have occurred to people who listen to it. So it has been said, so think positive and we will see 🙂

It is the time of Miracles !  Amen.

 

Please pray for all the sick, AND PLEASE PRAY FOR ISRAEL. AMEN.

 

Julie Meyer beyond tomorrow’s

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Pdz5xUqVNk8&list=PLmuFPDUjulVDESvIlpFQRcN50Y8FSiMYk

Julie Meyer praise and worship. Excellent.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=WyMG7SEQFcQ 

 

 

God Bless You All,

Danny

 

 

Witnessing Humanity

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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Everyday that we live if we look we can see the Miracles happening and the love and humanity brought into a brilliant focus by others while doing the works of God.

People giving  to one another for one purpose only to affect a change in someones life. This act is  borne out the one element, love.  

Yes , these people are working to feed their families etc but the Desire to be part of something such as healthcare takes a special calling.

You know,

Thanks to this cancer diagnosis I have been in a position to view many different medical moments. These moments were not just mine I watched my doctors and staff treat so many patients and saw the care, professionalism and compassion that they gave everyone in their care. They have a ministry whether they realize it or not. And, their desire to help people is based out of what I believe is brotherly love.

I have met a few doctors and others along my path that were science based and not God based. My feeling is that they have their right to believe what they choose to. The thing that I would say is this.

What these doctors and staff are doing is still demonstrating  love.  So, I need to follow their thought process to its next progression. Where is love from?

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Love

For other uses, see Love (disambiguation).

Archetypal lovers Romeo and Julietportrayed by Frank Dicksee

Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection (“I love my mother”) to pleasure (“I loved that meal”). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be avirtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection—”the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another”.[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one’s self or animals.[3]

Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love: kinship orfamiliarity (in Greek, storge), friendship (philia), sexual and/orromantic desire (eros), and self-emptying or divine love (agape).[4][5] Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of romantic love.[6] Non-Western traditions have also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states.[7] This diversity of uses and meanings combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.

Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.[8]

Love may be understood as a function to keep human beings together against menaces and tofacilitate the continuation of the species.[9]

“unconditional selflessness”.[14]

Love is sometimes referred to as an “international language” that overrides cultural and linguistic divisions.[clarification needed]

The children of Adam are limbs of one body
Having been created of one essence.
When the calamity of time afflicts one limb
The other limbs cannot remain at rest.
If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others
You are not worthy to be called by the name of “man”.

Christianity

The Christian understanding is that love comes from God. The love of man and woman—eros in Greek—and the unselfish love of others (agape), are often contrasted as “ascending” and “descending” love, respectively, but are ultimately the same thing.[31]

There are several Greek words for “love” that are regularly referred to in Christian circles.

  • Agape: In the New Testament, agapē is charitable, selfless, altruistic, and unconditional. It is parental love, seen as creating goodness in the world; it is the way God is seen to love humanity, and it is seen as the kind of love that Christians aspire to have for one another.
  • Phileo: Also used in the New Testament, phileo is a human response to something that is found to be delightful. Also known as “brotherly love.”
  • Two other words for love in the Greek language, eros (sexual love) and storge (child-to-parent love), were never used in the New Testament.

Christians believe that to Love God with all your heart, mind, and strength and Love yourneighbor as yourself are the two most important things in life (the greatest commandment of the Jewish Torah, according to Jesus; cf. Gospel of Mark chapter 12, verses 28–34). Saint Augustine summarized this when he wrote “Love God, and do as thou wilt.”

Sacred Love Versus Profane Love (1602–03) by Giovanni Baglione. Intended as an attack on his hated enemy the artist Caravaggio, it shows a boy (hinting at Caravaggio’s homosexuality) on one side, a devil with Caravaggio’s face on the other, and between an angel representing pure, meaning non-erotic, love.

The Apostle Paul glorified love as the most important virtue of all. Describing love in the famous poem in 1 Corinthians, he wrote, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.” (1 Cor. 13:4–7, NIV)

The Apostle John wrote, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16–17, NIV) John also wrote, “Dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:7–8, NIV)

Saint Augustine says that one must be able to decipher the difference between love and lust. Lust, according to Saint Augustine, is an overindulgence, but to love and be loved is what he has sought for his entire life. He even says, “I was in love with love.” Finally, he does fall in love and is loved back, by God. Saint Augustine says the only one who can love you truly and fully is God, because love with a human only allows for flaws such as “jealousy, suspicion, fear, anger, and contention.” According to Saint Augustine, to love God is “to attain the peace which is yours.” (Saint Augustine’s Confessions)

Augustine regards the duplex commandment of love in Matthew 22 as the heart of Christian faith and the interpretation of the Bible. After the review of Christian doctrine, Augustine treats the problem of love in terms of use and enjoyment until the end of Book I of De Doctrina Christiana (1.22.21-1.40.44;).[32]

Christian theologians see God as the source of love, which is mirrored in humans and their own loving relationships. Influential Christian theologian C.S. Lewis wrote a book called The Four Loves. Benedict XVI wrote his first encyclical on “God is love“. He said that a human being, created in the image of God, who is love, is able to practice love; to give himself to God and others (agape) and by receiving and experiencing God’s love in contemplation (eros). This life of love, according to him, is the life of the saints such as Teresa of Calcutta and the Blessed Virgin Mary and is the direction Christians take when they believe that God loves them.[31]

In Christianity the practical definition of love is best summarised by St. Thomas Aquinas, who defined love as “to will the good of another,” or to desire for another to succeed.[12] This is the explanation of the Christian need to love others, including their enemies. As Thomas Aquinas explains, Christian love is motivated by the need to see others succeed in life, to be good people.

Judaism

In Hebrew, Ahava is the most commonly used term for both interpersonal love and love between God and God’s creations. Chesed, often translated as loving-kindness, is used to describe many forms of love between human beings.

The commandment to love other people is given in the Torah, which states, “Love your neighbor like yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). The Torah’s commandment to love God “with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:5) is taken by the Mishnah (a central text of the Jewish oral law) to refer to good deeds, willingness to sacrifice one’s life rather than commit certain serious transgressions, willingness to sacrifice all of one’s possessions, and being grateful to the Lord despite adversity (tractate Berachoth 9:5). Rabbinic literature differs as to how this love can be developed, e.g., by contemplating divine deeds or witnessing the marvels of nature. As for love between marital partners, this is deemed an essential ingredient to life: “See life with the wife you love” (Ecclesiastes 9:9). The biblical bookSong of Solomon is considered a romantically phrased metaphor of love between God and his people, but in its plain reading, reads like a love song. The 20th-century Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler is frequently quoted as defining love from the Jewish point of view as “giving without expecting to take” (from his Michtav me-Eliyahu, Vol. 1).

Look up I love you in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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  •  Quotations related to Love at Wikiquote
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Whats Love Got To Do With It ? Everything !

17 Monday Nov 2014

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Today despite the weather and the fact that my wife and I had to attend a funeral it was a was beautiful day. The reason I say that is because we are alive in this moment to witness and help others and because more importantly the so called funeral that we attended is looked at us by my family and Maria’s family as a victory through Christ.

So, We atteneded today a beautiful mass of celebration of her life at Maria’s home parish of the Immaculate Conception Church in Everett Ma.

We were born to love and serve oneanother.

There was a beautiful song that Maria had told one of the singers time and time again that she wanted to be played at her funeral. She reminded the singer a short while back again . And they laughed. Well, who knew that today that would happen and the song would be sung.

I will try and find out the song, I found this one that sounds similar in the lyrics but is faster and a different beat. But beautiful anyway.

Wrap Me in Your Arms

After the mass of celebration for Maria, the family invited us all to a gathering. I met my sister in law at the table. My wife was busy getting me water etc. My sister arrived and there were still 4 or 5  empty seats at our table. I am always interested in seeing who God sits with us. He does things with purpose. Well,  it was not long before a very kind gentleman approached and announced who he was and asked if they could join us at our table. We began to speak and I realized that they were connected to the full table of people  beside us.

I had already said hello to that table and they were from the Friday night prayer group that Maria attended. We had such a beautiful sharing. You see, we all knew other people that are connected from different parishes etc. We are all connected. As we got up to leave, we were all so happy with our sence of community and fellowship in Christ. It is a very special gift to us . Maria had that so her life was one to be celebrated. Amen.

I said to one of the lovely women as we hugged. God is behind this gathering so that we could meet and it is a Miracle how God gets these things done.

Yes , so we will miss the presence of Maria in our daily lives but she is watching over everyone now waiting for her family and friends to join her .

Beautiful Things.

God Bless You,

Danny

A Quiet Day.

14 Friday Nov 2014

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After Wednesday’s events involving the loss of Maria I woke up and was thinking very reflectively on life. I spent yesterday in prayer and quiet thought.

As I have always said, it is not normal in my mind that a parent should lose their child and in Maria’s case that her kids lost their mom. I feel badly for her family and I feel badly for her children and siblings as well. They are a involved and loving family always helping one another .

This situation has just served as a reminder again of how fragile life really is.

May You Be Blessed by Kate Nowak

This morning as I showered I again offered it up as a reminder of my baptismal waters and continued my prayer. After I got out of the shower I was looking at a painting done by a friend for me back 10 or so years ago and it is beautiful. I studied it as I stood there and thought to myself, each brushstroke on the wall is insignificant on its own but all of the paint strokes together create a work of beauty,

That is the way that we need to address our lives. Some of the brush strokes on my canvas are dark and strained but without those heavier strokes the softer ones would not be noticeable.

When my lifes painting is completed It would be my deepest hope that people will look at it as a beautiful attempt at humanity and love. A painting that helped people who were part of the brush strokes of my life. Amen !

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

On Day Star( a christian cable station)  look it up 🙂     This  program is called Relections. Just beautiful.

I use this for prayer and it is very peaceful.

 

 

God Bless You !

Danny

 

 

Running the race to the finish, Maria.

12 Wednesday Nov 2014

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Today I wanted to thank you for the prayers for Maria. Please keep them going. 

I received a communication  on Wednesday afternoon to please pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for Maria. I said absolutely, what an honor.

I received word that Maria passed this evening Wednesday @5:30 p.m. surrounded by her family. She is with the Lord. Amen.

Maria and my family are related through marriage. As I said in my blog requesting prayers earlier today Maria was a very good person. She was human and had some real struggles. But she was real. She had a large heart that wanted everything to be perfect but her lifes struggles made that difficult. Maria was a mother of two wonderful kids and loved her family.

You know, my mom use to say all the time that we are alway’s toughest on those that we are closest to. We know somewhere inside that we trust that they will take it. That does not mean that it is right to be difficult with those that we love but thats what we do as humans because we are all imperfect from birth. We are called to learn, grow and love here. it is a life long process.

What I find as I am getting older and seeing these situations around me is this, I think some people are so big hearted that they cannot deal with life, its almost too painful. The highs of life give way to the lows of life and that fact can become devestating to them emotionally. When this happens they fall into a depression and other things that they think will help to stop the pain. She had a beautiful family and upbringing with tons of support from her family and church every inch of the way. God had angels in her life daily. As he does in ours. Maria had a great smile and great laugh. We shared some good laughs over the years.

Her struggle in life effected her family the same as our struggles effect our families.

bottom Line,

She was loved by her family and she loved them all too . And, due to the fact that she came from a family of faith, no matter what she lost due to her illness even with her mindset being what it was , she never lost sight of her God. She loved God. And I know, that he loves her too.

I know that when God greeted her that he saw that she was broken like us and that she was his loving child. When he saw her tears he wiped them away. Her heart was yearning for peace and  awaiting an eternity with our Lord and Savior where all pain is gone. Amen.

I am sure that God is well pleased with her beautiful attempt to please him.

 

English Standard Version

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Please keep Maria’s family in your prayers.   Thank you 🙂

Rest In Peace beautiful Maria. Amen

God Bless You .

Danny

✝ There Will Be A Day ✝ – ( Jeremy Camp )

P.S. Look at the reading of the day. How awesome is our God !!

Verse of the Day

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Colossians 1:13-14 (NIV)

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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12 Wednesday Nov 2014

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Prayers For Maria,

In this life and during our journeys we meet so many people. My family has been Blessed with meeting Maria. Like us all she too has had her own lifes struggles.

Maria, is currently laying in the IC unit in a Boston area hospital in the fight for her life. With pneumonia and a heavy infection. Her organs are apparently failing now as well.

So please pray for her healing and if it is God’s will that he take her to himself. Please pray for her children and the entire family they are all so wonderful.

 

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, Psalm and Prayer for the Sick (HD)

In Christs name,

Danny

“I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” – Joshua 1:5

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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God bless all those who served past and present to protect us and others around the world who were under threat in many different ways.

May our government remember who they are serving as they deploy our young men and women all around the globe.  They are after all, the true HERO’s  Amen.

Ronald Reagan – Veterans Day Prayer

Veterans Day Tribute

Lee Greenwood- God Bless the U.S.A. lyrics

 

God Bless You All,

Danny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purest Virgin Mary

10 Monday Nov 2014

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I thought that today I would touch on my/ our Blessed Mother as we begin to ready ourselves for the Christmas Season.

The link below the picture is an explanation of Marys life journey once The angel of God appeared to Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”

And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Do I think this happened, you bet your life!

 

Fr. Angelo Homily on The Marys visit to see Elizabeth.

http://www.catholic.org/video/watch.php?v=1068

Hail Mary

Because Mary was a human as are we God called upon her. The difference between Mary and me is that Mary was born very Holy and lived a very clean and loving life.

The virtues are identified as chastity, temperance, charity, diligence,patience, kindness, and humility. Practicing them is said to protect one against temptation from the seven deadly sins, each one having its counterpart. Due to this, they are sometimes referred to as the “contrary virtues”.

 

Thank God Mary was who she was and that she was in control of her free will choices. Thank God Mary was full of Faith and Love for her God. So God could call upon Mary for the most important job ever ! Being a Mother ! The Mother of our Lord and Savior!

Because My Blessed Mother said yes to God even though she did not know all the why’s This choice gave us all the chance to be redeemed and we now are given a chance to say Yes to God in our daily walk and to aspire to do Gods will and to effect a change in this world . We are the salt and light to eachother.

So I would say to each one of you women who are moms or are taking care of and teaching children, thank you! May you all guide your children as Mother Mary did.  With love and grace. Amen.

Purest Virgin Mary

God Bless You,

Danny

 

Beautiful People God In Action. :)

08 Saturday Nov 2014

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You know , I am so sick of the crappy news and when I see something beautiful I think why is this not on all of the news stations playing for a couple of days. We are in dark days right now and need these stories of love and hope to be more celebrated. These are our everyday hero’s. Some of these hero’s are current and some are so large that there lives are becons of love, and Godliness that serve to span time and gives us a bar to attempt to rise to personally.

Pittsburg detective adopts two brothers who have been neglected.

Mother Teresa

Loving God Loving Eachother
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=8UWU0C09ILY

Heartwarming Story

Hero’s

The Irena Sender  Story

She risked her life to save over 2500 children from extermination.

Irena Sender The Apple Tree

Irena Sender .

 

God Bless You,

Danny

It Matters, Its Beautiful, We Are Forever Connected. Amen.

06 Thursday Nov 2014

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Today, I was thinking of some of my friends that I have lost due to cancer, drugs and accidents when I was young.

I remember them all in prayer to this day because I loved them. These kids that I met  were very young and most of them did not have what I had as a young kid. Two parents, a lot of love and parents who were on the ball watching their movements.

You know, when we love someone or something like our pets and become seperated by death we feel the personal loss in our lives but the joy of that love and what they meant to us never leaves or dies. God would never give us something like love and make it so that it ends. God is love so that is impossible. We are merely 1 breathe and heartbeat to where they are. I believe we will be united with all of our loved ones and friends someday that includes our little furry friends too. That’s my belief anyway. 🙂

Josh Gorman to where you are.

The list that I will put down below  are a few that died young friends that i have lost.

Buffy B. She had a cough that was masking cancer and she passed away in highschool. Buffy  was a sweet heart.

Frank N. great kid who ended up contracting aides and passed away  I guess he was in his early 20’s.

Johnny got mixed up with drugs and took a heart attack from the use of cocaine.

Kelly U. was 30 years old and was ironing her nurses uniform and dropped dead of a sudden heart attack. She had an undetected heart problem.

My brother had two friends who thumbed a ride to get home from a party on night and the person who was driving and picked them up  saw a police car and decided to speed away from them and went off of the mystic valley parkway and my brothers friends were killed.

My youngest brother had a very good friend who came to visit my brother he acted normal but gave my brother a few of his small prized possessions and was acting like he was fine. He said goodbye. Later that day he was found dead at Walden Pond from a self inflicted gun shot wound. So sad.

A young neighborhood friend  Bobby Mc. when college age went to a college party in Cambridge and went out onto the fire escape to get a beer out of the cooler and slipped on the ice Bobby fell 4-5 stories to his death.

We all no matter what generation we are from  have had to face these terrible losses. Thats why when we see someone struggling in our lives  we need to reach out to them and let them know that they count and that we loved them. It’s so hard to see anothers pain but speak the words of your heart. It really hurt my younger brother when his friend did this desperate act.

This list could go on if I think longer and harder but, I do not have to go through that process. I pray for everyone and their needs.

I was born with a gift of getting along, I will call it. Different groups, different people do not bother me. For example in my school years, I  could jell with the so called nerds, jocks and rats if need be. My upbringing was such that we were not to engage and do things to people by word or action that was hurtful . We defended ourselves when we needed to in order to defend ourselves from bodily harm.

My parents always said sticks and stones may break your bones but names will never hurt you. You know we as kids deal with kids who sometimes do not have the life skills and say whatever stupid hurtful thought is in their mouths .

The bottom  lines is this in my opinion, life is too short to harm each other. The friends that I lost early on were kind people which only made their passing so much more difficult.

You know, when I was younger all the kids on my bus were great, they were all scared about growing up and the kids that were the bullies were the most frightened of them all. They had an identity crisis and felt the need to pick on the quiet kids. It seemed like every year that I sat beside another kid who got picked on and road shot gun beside them to protect these innocent kids. You know one of my favorite memories of school was the fact that I could walk down the hall with anyone and sit at any table for lunch. Isn’t that what God wants anyway? What also helped me was the fact that my older brother was at the same school and he did not take the bus but they all knew that I was Ril’ s brother so I had an invisible shield around me and i had my ability to charm a snake if necessary. Lol 🙂

Growing up was hard for us all, but I had a beautiful family life with God and I was safe. God gave me a large group of friends that were only a phone call away. I have looked back over the years and really believe that I was in my friends lives that passed for a specific reason. i brought stability, I was grounded and would say to them I would not do this or do that. I know my mom talked to more than one of them and my dad would try not to step on toes and guide them as well.

I thank my friends all of them but am remembering the ones that have passed because after 30 years I still carry them with me daily and feel called to pray for them. I still thank them for being such great friends.

This ( song)was one of the first songs of its type that came out during this time in my life and was a massive hit!  So, for all of those friends that are gone, this is for you thanks for the memories 🙂

This is another artist that passed too soon. I think alcohol and drugs are truely a terrible thing if in the hands of a person who is lost, hurting and does not feel like they are loved and fit into society.

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video)

 

The loss of anyone dear is difficult. My mom always said , you love big, you loose big. I will say this I am so happy for their love while they were here. I think for the most part I have had mainly healthy and authentic relationships with the people I call friends. No one is perfect but they have been sincere in who they have been to me. So, I thank God for each one.

It’ll see you again my friend.

God Bless,

Danny