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This is my blog post from back July 15 -2014 back when i began to write about my personal saga.

04 Friday Dec 2015

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So, What is a miracle?

15TuesdayJul 2014

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So, What is a miracle? To me every one of is a miracle from conception to natural death. Even in my toughest personal times I have found that there is always beauty. Yes, it is true that I would not have desired to be striken by brain cancer especially for my family. I have been Blessed with a beautiful wife, four great kids and an angel in heaven. This is not the garden that God had originally intended for us all so it is what it is we all call life. The bottom line to me is that God has already saved us, by the shedding of his son’s blood upon the cross, that is of course my Lord and Savoir.

I personally do not worry about what will happen to me tommorrow. I have had so many wonderful people touch my life since my birth and I people always seemed to me to be a positive thing to my foundation and mind set. I have never felt that  I have had adversity in my life even throuhout this prediciment. People look at me when I say that but i honesty feel that to my core. I am not a victim.  We are all traveling the road of life and we do not always know when we will hit a corner, dead end, traffic light or intersection. Over two years ago with my diagnosis I came to an intersection. I got a sign by God’s stepping in and announcing to me that the cancer was not his and I did not own it. The sign on the road of my life read yeild. It was an immediate command and by Jesus Christ alone was I  placed into such a state of peace that has never left me. The doctors at first were thinking the poor guy is in denial or whatever but as they all came to understand that it is my real personal state not because of me but because of God. I reminded my doctor at  my last scan. God told us that I would be healed and he said yes, you did say that. My wife, while getting ready to go to one of my appointments said I have questions, I said ask the doctor anything that you need to ask him. So, off we went to see My Doctor and when we got into his office after my scan,  I said to the doctor and also to help ease my wife Dr. Janet has questions whatever the answers are don’t worry please just tell her. I am fine whatever the answer might be. It does not bother me. It was all about if the cancer  will come back ,signs to look for etc. The last question was pretty amazing. You know Doctors do not use words lightly mine included. I love my doctor and all of my doctors for that matter. He said he had one of his oldest survivor in the day before it was 16 years. After a few minutes and looking at my clear scan he said I think your one of those, he said he is like you just incredible faith. I took that as a word of knowledge from my Dr’s lips from God.  The bottom line is this and I love this saying,

God does not expect us to do miracles, he expects us to believe that he will ! 🙂

These doctors, nurses and medical people are very special. The are front line in so many peoples life stories in writings  done so long ago under the title love letters from God. These personal life stories were referred to as our own personal psalms. Like the Holy Bible Psalm #139. God know all about our days.Please read it when you have a chance it  gives me great comfort . He is the author of life.  I do believe that that is the truth. The free will of how we decide to handle our life situations will chart where our lives,faith, minds and ultimately where our souls end up.

In my situation, I have learned to see more clearly, yes, I have had down moments, i am a regular guy far from perfect. But, I can see perfection in a different way now. I have been  left with some left side disability. I was in a wheel chair, i then progressed to a walker, then a 4 prong cain and finally a single cain that i use when i go out to safeguard myself from a fall.

 

One thing that I do know is across the board every doctor and physical therapist i have seen has said just how amazing my case and continued healing is. You see God has begun in my mind his time of miracles and i believe they will only become more vivid so to get everyones attention.

I pray for everyone whether I know you or not because part of the silver lining on my journeys is seeing love in everyone, seeing the beauty in nature and the smells of the changing seasons. It is like I lost some mobility and others senses in my body woke up.

one fact that I really do feel and always have since D day (diagnosis) is that whether I live 1 more day or thirty more years is that I would not be one incling less of the miracle that God intended me to be. The same is true for each one of you too

One of the great saying that I was taught early one was this, I honestly cannot remember who but they said,  Yesterday is a canceled check, Tommorrow is a prommisory note, today is ready cash so use it and it just stuck with me.

I am not a writer so I will say this one time for however long this blog goes for, please forgive typos, comma placement, run ons, and popping back and forth between thoughts. It may not be pretty but it is real.  thx

So, in closing use your cash today and stay in the moment. 🙂  God is right here.

 

God bless You,

Danny

i added this song today. 12-4-2012

life is a celebration .

 

The treasure of friendship and its connection.

04 Friday Dec 2015

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Yesterday was a full day for me anyway. I was up early and traveled through the day from live strong to the grocery store for just a few items a full shopping is not physically possible for me. I made it home and was blessed to visit my/ our friend Paul last evening. By the time I got home I just wanted to sit quietly with mself and absorb all of the moments. I was physically, emotionally and psychologically exhausted.

My wife and I spoke a bit and shared our thoughts. I finished the blog entry with much prayer read it to Janet and published the tribute to Paul and family.

As it happens I went to bed and thought about the written words of my post and wanted to make sure that they were good. That they conveyed the beauty that was behind them. I often do this when a writing is very close and personal. I have been to the edge of life so I understand that perspective all too well. It’s not a sense of glee for the person or their family. Another thing that I did not share on the writing last evening because I was too exhausted is that while speaking with Paul and family by his bed I shared my account of a vivid vision that I had about 3 weeks after my terminal brain cancer diagnosis. As I was describing the vivid memory I began to cry and said this is not sorrow behind these tears it because of what I saw and the words I received during that experience overwhelm me when I try to verbalize them. You see, as I said in an earlier writing I did not plan the words the Holy Spirit would guide me in the moment.

Well, in that moment God pushed me forward to share this vision with them. The peace that surrounded it and the message. I wrote at great length about the vision on my blog justdannyspeaks.com early on when I finally began to document this journey. The blog is not about anything more than to glorify God in my life and yours. He gets us through this life and wants us to have grateful hearts of service. We are his hands,feet and heart here in this world.

please go back to my earlier blogs about this vision I have nearly 400 postings since day one.

Today I would ask you please to keep Paul and his wonderful family in your prayers .

please keep Stevie and his family in your continued thoughts.

for:  Marilyn , dementia and physical limitations.

for: Carol and her son this day. This day is an anniversary of importance and beauty.

for Dave R and family Dave is now near death from cancer and his daughter is to be wed this Saturday. Please pray for them during this difficult yet beautiful time. God bless Dave and family and may the Lord bless the young bride and groom. Amen.

for:  for the victims of these radicals murderers  in Colorado and around this world.

for us all, the United States , the hungry, the homeless, and those suffering depression and loneliness. We pray that the Love and healing of our God will touch us and turn us and this world back around and back to him.

 

we pray to the Lord.  Lord hear our prayer.

This song was shared with me recently. i never really listened to it. I remember hearing it years back an knew it was the Golden girls soundtrack.

I like it because it is simple, loving and is what true friendship and fellowship is about. its easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzrq52qaXZI

 

with love and blessings,

Danny

 

Ring Christmas Bells

30 Monday Nov 2015

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It was a beautiful Thanksgiving and the rest of the weekend was a bit of a mixed bag. My friend Paul and his family was on my mind as well as my nephews ongoing medication saga. My energy remains low to this day , I am told that it is not surprising whereas every step I take is using 4 times the energy of that of a healthy person. So,  I basically was in my home all weekend with the exception  of church. I went to bed last evening around 11 and fell right to sleep. I woke up at 3:00 am just laid in place thinking and praying about the things that came to my mind.

I never went back to sleep in a meaningful way so I turned on my kindle and just laid there looking out my window. The tree was moving gently in the wind , I could see the squirrels nest now that the leaves have fallen. The next song came on and I thought what a beautiful song to start my day with as I was getting up.

When I wrote last week that I loved the brightness and light of this Season I was not referring to day light savings time when it dark at 4:00 . I love the Advent Season , the hope and  I love the Christmas decor that reminds us that our King Jesus Christs celebration of his birth will be later in this month.

so,  the bright lites that we decorate with along with our Advent candles help to supercede the stuff of this life that are trying.

 

so, enjoy this beautiful song and listen to the words of love and hope that it provides for us.

life is to be celebrated.

God Bless You,

Danny

 

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When God Calls Me Home

29 Sunday Nov 2015

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i came upon this today after I attended church. I thought of our lives and the way that God helps us and desires for us to understand him as our loving Father.

this was beautifully  done ,may you find comfort in its words and its delivery

God bless you,

Danny

A time of prayer, a time for concern. This thing called life.

28 Saturday Nov 2015

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This is the time of year that I favor. I love the change of the Seasons and the Holiday/ Christmas Season so much. It ushers in a freshness of air , an abundance and light. It culminates with the Calander change into a New Year with new opportunities. Sounds great doesn’t it?

Well, there is one  thing that keeps on going even during this period. It’s called sorrow. Sorrow for things past and most importantly in the present moment.

This Season is no different. I am in contact with many people weekly who are living their own cancer journeys or have friends and relatives who are and I spend a lot of time supporting and loving them through it.

I would please ask you to pray for the following people and their families and caretakers this day.

Stevie.  Terrible emotional turmoil and medication issues. We pray to the Lord.

For Paul S. Who is a fight for his life with pancreatic cancer / liver. We pray to the Lord.

For all of the people suffering from any type of medical situations whether they be emotional , or physical I pray that God will reach down and remove their afflictions.  We pray to the Lord.

Last  evening late one of my children’s friends who is home on school break popped  in to visit and he found himself in my family room and my wife and I had the opportunity to speak to him . He is a great kid and we spoke of his recent loss of his grandfather and the feelings surrounding that life event. I was honored to witness the words spoken by him in regards to his grandfather and the legacy of love that he lived. I also understood the loss that his grandmother and the entire family was feeling.

This thing called life is very real. We here have a very dear family friend Paul S and family who are fighting the good fight against cancer. As I said last night to the young man Ryan in my family room. They are witnessing the strength and faith in God to so many. They are showing love faith and trust in their God.

3 blocks away from me in this moment is my beautiful nephew Stevie who is battling the most oppressive of all mania caused by medication issues. My nephew is a Saint living a difficult life walking head first into a raging strong. Stevie is not lost because he has a family circling the carriages around him and supporting him from the total onslaught of the storms fury. In this moment there in their home is my brother, his wife, their two daughters, their son in law and mother in law riding out the storm with him. They have been in this hurricane for 25 years.

Guess what, he is counted as our families most beautiful members, a young man who sees only good, who’s heart is pure. He is love personified.

My brother and his wife and family have a journey that not many could have lived with daily. But you see the one thing and perhaps the most important thing is that they know God he is their refuge. He is the reason.

So, there are 3 examples of why we need one another, Paul. S, Ryan and family and Stevie, our families angel.

Please pray for them all this day. And, let us all keep the small stuff in its place and praise God for his love and goodness in this thing called life. Amen.

So, please listen to and read the lyrics for the following song and then say a prayer for the people mentioned in this writing. I also will pray for your needs as well. God knows who you are and what you need.

God Bless us all. Amen.

Danny

 

Praise You In This Storm – Casting Crowns – YouTube
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Because anything is possible if it be the will of God.

26 Thursday Nov 2015

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A friend on Facebook that I follow, pray for and that I am inspired by. He has a strong fighting but loving Spirit that I relate to.

A God Strong man and inspiration . God bless Iran and his lovely daughter.

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Not Talking Turkey.

25 Wednesday Nov 2015

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I like all of you am rolling in and out of the minutes, the hours, the days, the months and yes the years. I do not know if the expression that I heard so many times that times goes faster when your older is true, but it would appear that way at this time. I don’t really know why but it seems to be going faster and faster.

Life and events around the world are unfolding at lightening speed.

I am so grateful that I am here still despite the things that I have and am enduring daily. The saddest parts of my days is the constant crappy news that I read and see on the television or finally hear or the radio.

I was at the Y today at the live strong program and was on the exercise bike. It is equipped with a elaborate computer info center and television screen. As I went through my exercise program the television was on and the sound was muted. I glanced at the screen and the text of the conversation was scrolling along televisions picture. So the twilight zone I found myself in was this. The crap about the election and all of the people that I do not trust . I do not care about party don’t like anyone. The news about terrorists. Warnings of bombings, beheadings etc. You can’t say Christmas. The text just kept going in the meantime one of the other cancer patients sat down beside me on the next machine and smiled. She said hi Dan and I looked at her beautiful face. She was sitting there with her head scarf on. She said how are you and I composed my self quickly by the grace of God and said good with a big smile . The inner turmoil of all of the evil in this world was not going to be vented onto the beautiful lady. Within one minute one of the program counselors came by to check in on us and when they engaged and he  assisted her I was able to say a couple of prayers to allow me to be restored to a peaceful place.

The point is this.  I am sure this is not what God had in mind when he created the world. What is it that makes people be so cruel to oneanother. No one is any better than anyone else. I just looked at my friends there who have been fighting so hard and struggling along with me at the Y and thought these people are the best. They are the hero’s, they struggle and they reach out to anyone and everyone with a smile and a kind word. They are not me centered they are not complaining they are laughing and loving. There is a Spirit of joy.  We are not all of the same faith or belief necessarily but that makes no difference either.

Its a sad commentary that society finds itself here in this moment. I pray everyday for common sense and civility to be restored.

I am grateful for everything I have and hope that this Thansgiving this world will wake up and begin the healing process that only goodness and Godliness can bring.

I am beginning to appreciate that the fact that cancer came to destroy my life but it has only blessed me in ways that I could never have anticipated.

I am not a victim of cancer anymore than anyone of my friends that has been through it, who has survived it or who has succumbed to it.

There is a Spirit of God that is joy, that is love that is hopeful and will not be defeated by any story or any of the many idiots on the TV .

I will close with this term ;

my mom use to say.

Knowing what you stand for, Limits what you fall for.

Important words to live by these days.

God bless you all. Happy thanksgiving.

Danny and family

please pray for our friends with illness and cancer especially our friend Paul S. and JD

and pray for my daughters friend a young man from Connecticut  Santiago who took his own life. He was a wonderful young man and will be missed.

May God bless him and his family. Amen.

THE END OF THE WEEK

21 Saturday Nov 2015

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Today is Saturday, the end of a very long week. My week started off with Dana Farber which went very well, thank  God. I ended the week on  a bit of a low note when my coverage for physical therapy ended once again. This time it is final for this diagnosis after having exhausting the appeal extension. I know that God got a plan to get me from point A to point B.

I am sitting in my chair today tired and I recently found a few DVDS that my son gave me over the last 3 years. I at the time was really into watching movies. But, I loved the fact that he was trying to bring some type of normalcy into our messed up family life. I love my wife and kids for putting a safety net around me by pushing back the tears and rolling out normalcy to the best of their ability. My siblings and my parents provided me the same type of environment. I think that I am beginning to truly see and understand through much prayer and reflection how effected and life changing this experience has been for everyone. In the moment that I was fighting the cancer I really thought about little else . I drifted daily through my life not worried about stuff.  I certainly did not understand the full effect that my diagnosis made on everyone . I was at peace because God gave me that peace. A peace that I sit here with today.

Their fear as I have come to understand  is they are afraid of the reoccurance that is almost always connected to the Glio brain cancer that I had. ( but I did not own). I never excepted it as mine. God told me as I have said before.,

AND, I am here in this moment by his election. Guess what? So are you all.

I am not sweating the small or the large stuff for that matter. It’s just life.

The following song say’ s it all.

God bless you all,

Danny

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VAhymOYqcsE

I don’t feel like it.

17 Tuesday Nov 2015

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I have recently realized that I have developed a little voice in the back of head that say’s I don’t feel like it.

i do not know where it is coming from but I know it is not a healthy phrase. It is a thought that requires action. So, what do you do with that statement?

I am learning to say to myself that it is not victory speaking, its laziness. You see,

when I was at my sickest , I couldn’t . That was understandable. As I began to rally my body to fight I was trying with an attitude of this cancer does not define me.

As, I made it to the top of the mountain and started to see flatter ground ahead it seams my almost 4 years of the the battle had me on my kness and a little phytigued.

What instigated this writing today is this. My brother,    I will just call him Saint Steven in this writing 🙂 called me last evening and said hey Dan , I was wanting to see if you would join my men’s prayer group ? it meets twice a month at the church. I said thank you, and that I would let him know. Well, off to bed I went  after my evening prayer and meditation I fell right to sleep. I always thank God even for the comfort of my bed and the warmth in my house. They are his gifts to me and my family anyway.

So, anyway as I was waking up this morning I had the thought coming from my back of my mind  I don’t feel like it…. I laid in bed thinking this thought and it was surrounding 2 different things…

Number 1.   The Livestrong program. Too tired…. Poor baby 😦

number 2.     The men’s group .  Too tired….. Awe da poor baby 😦

i the martyr, got ready and went to the Livestrong program that God graciously gave me to restore my person to a better wholeness. And, I am most definitely going to the men’s group to share, pray and support my brother and the other men . And, guess what it’s when we share our gifts, talents and selves that we then are healed, blessed and connected.

So, that phrase  I don’t feel like it ,    is a negative and dangerous little phrase to live by. It’s a lie from the pit of hell.

i am not saying that sometimes I could be too tired but today was not that day. Livestrong lived up to its name today and the love and support I received was a beautiful gift to me and everyone getting served by these beautiful people.

What a shame it would have been if I had given in and stayed home when God had so much better in store for me.

The bottom line my friends is this. We are brothers of a king. We are born to greatness. God wills it for us everyday. It’s our gift that we can choose take. Not because we deserve it but because God is so magnificent to us. Amen

 

God bless you all with brotherly love,

Danny

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My six month visit.

16 Monday Nov 2015

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Today was a day of anticipation. This morning I was up at 4:00 am and got ready for my Boston visit to Dana Farber. This was my first scan in 6 months which is a miracle in itself. I remember being there in Dr. Reardons office last July and him saying to me after that scan result. You know Dan, your out of treatment over two years now . He said with a smile. He said, you know what that means?

My response was no. He said that it was absolutely astounding that with my particular Glio that there had even been the slightest step back or recourrance of the disease. I just said its God. He does not want me yet.

Well , today I went to Dana and was the first person in the garage at 5:15 am just me, myself and I sitting in the quiet palatial front patient waiting area. I began to do my personal inventory, I missed my wife sitting with me there but had decided last Dec when I had my license to drive reinstated that I needed to go this alone. Every appointment that I attended at Dana Farber had at least 4-5 family members there to support us. I used to say here comes the  Riley gang.

I I told the doctors , it’s like the bible they are my witnesses. They laughed and always go the chairs needed for everyone.

Today, I was alone. Just me and my cane. No more wheel chair, no more walker just a slow and sure walk towards the blood clinic at 6:00 am and the off to the lab for my 45 minute brain scan finally I made my way to Dr. Rear dons office for my 8:00 am meeting and results.

He was great as always and said the result was great and there is no tumor activity nor is there any scar tissue. He asked me about my life and what issues I may be having. I told him that I am pushing myself. He was thrilled to hear that I followed through with the Livestrong program at the Ymca.

i just said that I am phytigued a lot. He said we can try to do something to help the body. So he prescribed something and I went to get it and was told that he would have to call the insurer and have them approve the reason and need for it.

My wife currently pays into her plan  and it is part of her work benefit  the insurance cost my wife and her employer pay is 24,000 a year.

So, we wait and see how this shakes out. 🙂

in the meantime thank you all for your prayers.

i am truly grateful to my God for allowing me this time with my wife, dad, children and my family and friends. This will truly be a joyous Thannksgiving and blessed Christmas season.

its funny this morning as I laid in bed before getting up at 3:30 I turned my kindle on and it was playing Christmas music. It was a tad early but the music brought moments of long ago, my mom, grandparents and friends who not await me when I join them. I thought that was a beautiful sign that they were there and know my own personal fears, doubts and securities as to what might have happened today at that office. I feel the prescience so offen of the Blessed Mother with me , a sense of comfort to me.

none of us is ever alone , love surrounds us.

God Bless You All,

Danny

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