Appeal For Donations

I am starting a nonprofit to raise money which will cover the cost of upgrades to the NEV-100's technology as well as insurance and regulation fees. The nonprofit is called The Sacred Breath Foundation.
The Sacred Breath Foundation seeks to raise awareness and funding for patients’ continued access to and use of non-invasive negative-pressure forms of respiratory care, which have become less common yet no less effective in the treatment of pulmonary disorders over the past two decades. Through this advocacy, the foundation seeks donations to benefit the maintenance and upgrading of existing negative-pressure ventilatory medical equipment and the development of modern, effective negative-pressure ventilators for use by new and existing patients desiring an option of care outside of positive-pressure (both non-invasive and invasive) or biphasic cuirass ventilation.


The Sacred Breath Foundation seeks to give an alternative form of respiration to people who suffer from chronic respiratory failure, primarily diseases affecting the spinal cord. Through the Foundation it is our goal to ensure the continued manufacturing and selling of the NEV-100.


If you would like to offer your financial support, please visit

Sacred Breath Foundation

http://www.gofundme.com/rbtd5gw

New Equipment

Check this out!

Daredevil Fun!

Enjoying being back in Florida after a three month getaway to the north!

Meditation

Second reading
From a conference by Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest
The cross exemplifies every virtue

Why did the Son of God have to suffer for us? There was a great need, and it can be considered in a twofold way: in the first place, as a remedy for sin, and secondly, as an example of how to act.

It is a remedy, for, in the face of all the evils which we incur on account of our sins, we have found relief through the passion of Christ. Yet, it is no less an example, for the passion of Christ completely suffices to fashion our lives. Whoever wishes to live perfectly should do nothing but disdain what Christ disdained on the cross and desire what he desired, for the cross exemplifies every virtue. 

If you seek the example of love: Greater love than this no man has, than to lay down his life for his friends.Such a man was Christ on the cross. And if he gave his life for us, then it should not be difficult to bear whatever hardships arise for his sake.

If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth. Therefore Christ’s patience on the cross was great. In patience let us run for the prize set before us, looking upon Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith who, for the joy set before him, bore his cross and despised the shame.

If you seek an example of humility, look upon the crucified one, for God wished to be judged by Pontius Pilate and to die.

If you seek an example of obedience, follow him who became obedient to the Father even unto death. For just as by the disobedience of one man, namely, Adam, many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one man, many were made righteous.

If you seek an example of despising earthly things, follow him who is the King of kings and the Lord of lords, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Upon the cross he was stripped, mocked, spat upon, struck, crowned with thorns, and given only vinegar and gall to drink.

Do not be attached, therefore, to clothing and riches, because they divided my garments among themselves. Nor to honors, for he experienced harsh words and scourgings. Nor to greatness of rank, for weaving a crown of thorns they placed it on my head. Nor to anything delightful, for in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Summer: A Time of Reflection

I love summer! Summer is a time for change, a time of self reflection, relaxation, and rejuvenation. Summer is a season for escaping the humdrum ordinariness of home life and for putting life in perspective. It challenges myself to look at life in a new way. My summertime consists in striving for character growth - to never get discouraged and despair - to continuously be aware of God's love for me and to always trust in His abundant love. Summer is a time to see new faces and to go to different places. It is a time to spend with family and to get to know my sisters and brothers-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces a little bit better than I did the year before. Each year when I come north I draw closer to a different one of my nieces, and I love it. I love watching them blossom into the women God has called them to be.

This summer I am particularly reflecting on my future and what God wants from me. I am slowly getting some answers, and I am impatient for more. I need change and I want change. However, the change must come peacefully, and with an abudance of love. I need a little more independence than I presently have and I want to work in accordance with God's will to gain this independence.


All in God's time.

Smoothie Recipes

A handful spinach

5 frozen strawberries 

5 frozen blueberries

1/2 frozen banana 

1 tbs coconut oil

1 tsp honey

1 cup unflavored coconut milk

1 cup coconut water

2 tsps chia seeds

Blend well in nutrabullet.

A handful of arugula 

5 blueberries
5 strawberries
5 pineapple chunks
1/2 banana
1 cup almond milk
1 cup coconut water
2 tsps chia seeds


Blend well in nutrabullet.

Health Remedies For Living

Within the last year I entered into a woman's change of life and I have experienced a lot of discomfort in my abdominal region. People with severe scolioses are hyper sensitive in this region of the body because it feels like the spine is always in the stomach. I discovered that a change in diet was EXTREMELY helpful with getting rid of cramping as well as severe headaches. How did I change my diet? Well, I drink a green/fruit smoothie in the morning which has all sorts delightfully delectable nutrious vegetables and fruits in it. These delectables are mixed with coconut milk or almond milk, coconut oil, honey, and coconnut water. Coconut is a miracle food and is great for your skin and healing other parts of the body.

In the future I will give some delicious smoothie recipes.

Another wonderful healing remedy is magnesium. Magnesium is an essential mineral for the body because it absorbs vitamin D. We all need both vitamin D AND magnesium to maintain a healthy body. Magnesium helps reduce stress and helps you get a good night sleep. You can take magnesium in a vitamin but I recommend two other magnesium products: 1) 100% Magnesium Solution Spray; and 2) Calm with both magnesium and calcium in it. Rasberry flavor Calm is the best. I recommend both. The spray is great for taking foot baths before bedtime and spraying it on your body. The Calm is delightful in a cup of tea before bedtime.

My Theme Song

Let IT Go

Taking a Break!

I started summer school and after the first day I dropped the course. Yes" It is unusual for me to quit something I started but it was early enough in the semester that I do not consider it "quitting". Do you, dear readers, ever get overwhelmed by life where the circumstances of life overrun you? School felt like that for me! Instead of really learning the material and getting everything I could out of it, it became just about churning out papers and exams at the speed of a freight train! So I decided to take a break, recharge my batteries, and come back refreshed in the Fall. I will renew my love for education and hopefully be motivated with a new vigor to board the College Degree Express.

Picture Perfect

Pro-Life Message from 12yr old Girl

 

Little Lia Mills prepared a case against abortion when she was told to deliver a speech to her classmates. At first her teacher did not want to allow her to speak because of the controversial nature of the topic of abortion – but then she heard Lia’s speech and decided it must be shared. Since then over one million people have seen little Lia’s wonderful argument for life… and you should see it too.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wOR1wUqvJS4

 

 

Amazing testimony!

John and Mimi Williams Wedding (March 29, 2014)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool Video

Thought my readers might enjoy this!



http://silverandgoldandthee.net/V/Lil.html

Intensity of School

Hello Everyone!

I am sorry I have not written a post in awhile. My schooling is keeping me VERY busy. I feel a bit overwhelmed with having to write a paper and take a test all at the same time. This is a bit of a new experience for me. Usually the course is a liiittle more relaxed but each new teacher brings new challenges. I just have to keep learning how to go with the flow and set my own pace accordingly.


Got to get back to the grind! Have a great day!

College Course Plan

In three days I begin another semester at Ave Maria University. Now and then I sit back and take a look at where I am in this college process and how long it will take me to graduate. I have calculated that it will take me one more year to finish junior year. And then I shall be a SENIOR!!!! WOOHOO! I can't wait! :) I get to take one of the required courses for my major this summer so I am psyched! It is hard to find the courses I need in the summer but it is important I do summer school to progress on this path faster. My professor for summer school is going to be the same professor who will be teaching me how to write a thesis. So it will be a good introduction!


The march goes on!

This Hits Home!

There's nothing like the sound of a boys choir! I love this song.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o2aLSat3h0w

Meditation of the Day

Saint Joseph

 

 

 

 

 

 

We see in Saint Joseph a totally purified soul, a soul in which sin has lost its power. St. Augustine, while asserting that no one is ever free from sin in this life and that even the saints must pray "Forgive us our sins," recognized that God could, if He so desired, by way of exception and special privilege, completely take away the corruption that causes a man to sin and array him with incorruptibility in this life so that he might see God everywhere present, just as the saints in Heaven see Him but without a veil." Surely this marvelous privilege was granted to Saint Joseph who was called to virginity in marriage and who had the Son of God always before his eyes. Was he not, as St. Augustine says, completely taken up with unceasing contemplation of his God? How could he sin? In the holy house of Nazareth, there was no place for sin.

 

O Joseph, we catch a glimpse of your holiness in its dazzling mystery - Mary can be yours, but no less God's for all that. Furthermore, being yours, she belongs to God even more than before, and it is when she became yours that the great mystery for which she was created was accomplished in her.

 

How admirable God's arrangement! How it brought to light Saint Joseph's extraordinary purity of soul, he who did keep the love of the creature for himself but returned everything to God!

 

What a lesson you teach us, O great Saint! You wanted nothing which is not of God and for God. In Mary, you experienced only God, as Mary experienced only God in you. Obtain for us, great Saint, the grace to be able to imitate such purity of heart.





Hail To Our Military!

I would like to thank all our service men and women for their courageous service to our country! Thank you for your sacrifice to keep us safe and to defend freedom. May we never forget.


I come from a long line of military service men on my father's side and (I think?) on my mother's side too. My paternal great great grandfather, my great grandfather, my grandfather, my father and four of my brothers have served their country in the Army and Navy. I think my great great grandfather and my great grandfather were Generals in the United States Armed Forces. My grandather (I think?) was sent to the Philippines for a brief time, but saw no action. My father served in the Navy and was sent to Japan on a minesweeper during the Korean War. He was not in combat. My brothers, David and Chris, served in the United States Armed Forces. David was an Army Ranger and jumped out of airplanes. He never was in combat though. Chris was sent to Panama, during the invasion of Panama. Fortunately, he never was in direct combat. Spencer's ship was sent to Beirut in the war with Granada and he had to bomb the enemy.

Now, the next generation is giving their service. We have:

1. Spencer's eldest - John S. Williams Jr. (US Marine Corps)
2. My brother David's 7th child - Jacob Williams (US. Marine Corps)
3. My sister Meg's eldest - Christopher Pince (US. Coast Guard)
4. My sister Mary's eldest - Joseph Vicinanzo (US. National Guard)
5. My sister Patty's eldest son - Robert Blume (US. Navy)
6. My sister Liz's eldest - James Heisler (US. Marine Corps)
7. My sister Mary's 4th child - Daniel Vicinanzo (US. Coast Guard)

John S. Williams Jr. (right) served two tours in Iraq

Jake departing for Camp Lejeune (June 2013)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lt. JG. Christopher Pince

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe V (left) served as a paralegal in Kuwait

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Robert Blume's been assigned to a ship

in San Diego

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Heisler (left) Marine training duty out West

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danny in USCG boot camp

More Pics, Different Family

Evelyn's 1st Halloween.
Mommy Katie is so proud!

Tough Uncle John - a natural baby lover

"Christmas lights! Wow! Can I eat them?"









 

Four Generations of Davids

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"My first Halloween. I'm Mr. Lumberjack!"

"Wow! Snow!!"