THIS SONG WAS POINENT TO ME BECAUSE WHITNEY HOUSTON APPEARED TO HAVE IT ALL. LIFE WAS DIFFICULT FOR HER. SHE WAS HUMAN LIKE US ALL. SO, NO JUDGING IS NECESSARY.
THE ONE THING THAT SHE NEVER LOST WAS GOD AND JESUS CHRIST. HE NEVER LEFT HER AND SHE CONSTANTLY RETREATED TO HIM.
PLEASE PRAY FOR …
sUE. POSSIBLE CANCER OF UTERIS
BILL BYPOLAR.
JENN BRAIN CANCER.
JOE BRAIN CANCER
TEDDY BRAIN CANCER
CHRIS LEUKEMIA.
PAUL PANCREATIC CANCER
L WHO IS IN AN ALCOLHOL TREATMENT CENTER
R WHO IS SUFFERING FROM FOOT AND LEG PROBLEMS.
FOR ME TOMORROW IS DANA FARBER DAY SCAN ETC. NOT WORRYING. GODS GOT IT.
FOR JEANNE WHO IS BATTLING CANCER.
FOR ALL OF US, OUR FAMILIES, THIS COUNTRY , THIS WORLD.
LET US PRAY TO THE LORD.
SO, LETS ALL LOOK TO GOD. 🙂
WHITNEY HOUSTON. ( THE WORDS WERE VERY PROPHETIC TO THIS SONG FOR WHITNEY AS IT TURNS OUT. GOD BLESS HER.
Hi all, it’s been a few days since my last post. My wife and I had an invite to visit friends in Naples so we went. Oh, by the way it was Naples Maine :). See, I got yah.Lol
We were invited a few weeks back and Janet was tentative on going because work for her is very busy. She worked overtime and felt comfortable that she could go. So, Thursday we hopped in the car for our 3 hour ride. It was nice getting out and breaking the routine. I always have silent concerns whenever I leave my everyday environment. There are so many obstacles in my day. I have accepted them, I do not like them and most importantly I don’t like imposing the limitations on others I am with.
We arrived at Sticky lake at around 10:00 a.m. and my first observation was I can get into the house. I was so releived. The home was a sprawling 5 bed, 4 bath home sitting on a large lot lake front. It was so quiet that nature was screaming . It was beautiful. They had a beautiful deck that was off of the large kitchen and family room. The view was so beautiful. I could not get down to the beautiful yard and tables nor could I get to the dock to sit on the lake but I was fine up on the deck watching the goings on and soaking up the environment the smells, the fresh breeze etc.
Everyone offered to bring me down there but I was truly happy keeping it simple just staying put. There were 3 generations of our friends family up there together. During my visit there different family members would take a break away from hikeing , boating, reading etc and they sat and chatted with me. They all knew about my story through my wife. But, we had not had the opportunity to speak before alone. So, as we sat we spoke more. Each one of the people at that home were different yet they were kind and respectful to each other and to us their guests.
I thought that it was beautiful that their family did not appear to have any under current of tension. If they did it was not expressed.
After being on the deck for quite some time I needed to change my bodies position and went into the family rooms couch. It was quiet and I could hear my wife’s laughter with her friends way out yonder on the dock. The breeze was blowing in off the water through the slider and the smell and freshness of pine was so fragrant. I was thinking I really want to go down with my wife but I did not want to bother others.I thought to myself. They are having fun, it’s fine for me to stay there. And, I was right not to bother them. In life we can’t have it all. I really was just enjoying watching my wife sit and laugh and enjoy herself this way. That was to be my pleasure. So, I was happy.
I spent quiet time there on that sofa in this beautiful place. I prayed for them and so many others that I knew. We knew the couple who invited usas we arrived and left with many more New friends. I spoke about God, Faith and family with them and i was very inspired by them all.
Another thing that touched me was how much their pets were part of their lives. One of the dogs was a yellow lab named goober. He was so cute, and had beautiful golden colored eyes. He spent his day hiking with his master Mark, boating and keeping us company. The other dog I met at a cookout years back he is a black lab named Cooper. back then he was running around chasing another dog named Lucy. Cooper is a mature senior dog who is near his end. He is all gray but he still struggles and come to you and wants to please his master.
I watched his owner Elaine, giving him back the love and care that is has given her for 15 years. She was massaging his stiff joints and carrying him down to the lawn so he was safe. What really got me was this, while I was witnessing life from the sofa I saw Elaine putting a life jacket on her friend. It was designed for dogs and had a handle on top to hold. So she and her baby as they call him Cooper went in for a swim her holding him up to help him.
Later on when they came back in I told her what a beautiful thing it was to witness.I told her it brought tears to my eyes. She smiled and said she wanted him to have one last swim in the lake. Very touching.
God made man he then made animals and gave us dominion over them. Some of these animals were meant to be our companions and protectors.Others are called to be service dogs.
I love my pets and animals and know that God expects us to serve them and love them in return. They deserve it.
What it comes down to it for me is this Cooper and I currently rely on a lot of love and support. We are not that different really. We are all creatures of God.
To my friends, my wife and of course to Cooper and Goober thanks for a wonderful couple of days :). I witnessed God in all of the people there. It was a pleasure seeing and meeting them.
God made us as individuals but we all need oneanother.
I selected this song today for all of us guy or girl we all feel this way as young ones in a hurry to get out of Dodge and our life situations:) It seems as if it is just part of the course of growing up.
And then on the other hand we as the moms and dads are standing there witnessing the same life events that our parents did with us.
Live reveals so many different situations where we suddenly understand where our parents were coming from. The I sound like my mother or father moments. 🙂
With 2 of my kids out, I hear them talking and speculating on their desires in different ways. But isn’t it beautiful to see a fresh dream born of hope and love materialize before our very eyes.
it is a joy seeing it and hearing it. As, a parent I will pray all the way for their desires. I will always come back to my core value with my kids and those that I love. Like you all.
Keep it simple and put God in the middle of every decision you make, pray on it so nothing is done in haste.
I look at my life and realize the memories are part of the person I am now in this moment. I miss the good old days but I look forward to all of the new experiences that are brought our way. Our children carry us into tomorrow with dreams for families someday too. We as parents and as humans get to become something new everyday through our children and loved ones lives but we also can make that decision to evolve in the likeness to God by volunteering and being there for someone else too. Life doesn’t end as Our kids move forward in their lives it getS richer in texture, it gets to be about your spouse truly for the first time. How beautiful is that? 🙂
I came across this song months ago and remembered it from the Jerry Lewis telethon. I like many of you grew up with Jerry’s Labor Day telethon.
I remember aside for the family cookout, I was glued to the television. The stories of so many of these kids and their families were something that changed me at the core. I saw what true hardship was and I saw what true heroes looked like.
as, I have walked my walk here and life has happened I have attained a richer understanding of this life. Without the cancer diagnosis I certainly would not be the Danny that I am today.
I was in communication with the lovely woman Jenn and her dad Jack recently. Jack was due to see Dr. Reardon at Dana Farber today . Please say a prayer for him.
Without my cancer I would not know them or many others that I have been privileged to meet , talk to, and most importantly pray with and for !
Cancer has given me the opportunity to cut life to the quick, to shed the materialism, to appreciate the moment I am in and to grow in faith with a relationship to my God, my dad.
The beauty is this, God has called me in this moment to help others as they have helped me. As I have struggled God has blessed me over and over again in countless ways. Most important although I am not perfect I believe that and feel that God is well pleased with me. My course is set at this moment toward the destination that I desire when I am called so that is the best blessing from God that I or any of you could ask for.
Another thing I want to share with you is this. I have written in the last month or so that I had an issue walking the track due to a fear that I self inflicted on myself. It is on my blog post a week or so before the Boston marathon.
I have been blue over this because I need to walk, exercise and continue to heal myself. Like I have said before God has given us all the Holy Spirit to feed us and guide us..
About a month ago while driving to my dads for a visit I looked out my window and was thanking God for the beautiful day, my life,everything. My eyes looked off in the distance and I saw the new track in Winchester and saw that it appeared to have a black chain linked fence circling the tracks edge all the way around.
So, today my youngest daughter came with me and we found that the track did in fact have a beautiful fence around it. What this means is this I can walk the track daily. I can walk with my right hand with the fence to my side for security.
So, thank you God and the Holy Spirit. Like I said I caused my own problem with the fear of almost falling and, I have suffered because of it but in time God showed me the way back to the path. I can now walk safely.
Here is the song that I mentioned earlier in this writing remember we will never walk alone.
What ever is going on God and our brothers and sisters have us. Amen
I have a very good friend who is going into treatment for alcohol abuse. The amount of courage it takes a person who suffers from a disease such as this to recognize it and to act to break this cycle is enormous. God bless L.
If you can keep L in your prayers it would be very much appreciated
God knows this person well. So he knows who you are praying for. 🙂
NATALIE GRANT…. HUMAN…
By confronting our struggles head on and calling it by name helps to strip the situation of its power. God can come and heal us.
I have been so very blessed in these days to talk to many people with their own isuues with illness and those dealing with loss of loved ones in their lives.
Today my daughter came in to visit me on her way to work. It was nice seeing her she IS the newlywed 🙂 Stacy said to me I got a text from someone today that has heard about your story and her dad has Glio as well. They are asking me questions I do not know the answers can you talk to them ? I said of course, Gods got me here for some reason. 🙂 We are all vines of the same tree therefore we are connected.
All the while my son was moving out of our family home into his new digs so I had many thoughts mulling around in my head as he went in and out with full arms. I told my daughter absolutely so my daughter told his daughter Jenn to call me . Within 5 minutes my phone was ringing Jenn and her dad Jack were on speaker phone. We shared our stories. I told them they should call Dana Farber and my doctor. Dr. Reardon. I told them that there are all kinds of new experimental clinical trials coming out.
I told them that God had him. I also said cancer is not of God and that Jack did not own it.
Tomorrow is a big question mark for us all, no matter what. but worry not, because the one constant for ever and ever is God. Amen.
I told them about Jenn my other friend with Glio who has twin daughters around 11 and is living her victory as she receives her treatment. She is focused on eachday and its blessings. She is upbeat and joyful. Thats a hero!
Finally, I sent a quick email to my doctors office to let them know that Jenn and Jack would be in touch today. My last line on that shot correspondence was God can do anything ! 🙂
We are all restless beings and are trying to have control of our lives and our circumstances. We cannot control all that happens to us but we do control how we personally respond to it.
So, lets pray for, Jenn, Jack, Scotty, Elaine, Teddy, for Bill for ourselves, our loved ones and our world. Amen.
I received a call from a friend Jenn who has been living with and being treated for Glio. She told me about this music and its background. Fr. Ron had talked about it at the healing service I guess. By the way Jenn is doing great !
So, I thought that I would share. I have listened to what I could and they do impart a sence of peace and wellness SO what do we have to lose ? 🙂
Just Danny Speaks 