ME-as I go through this zany, marvelous, difficult experience called: "LIFE"!

Good Morning Family and Friends! A blessed Christmas Eve To ALL! I sometimes imagine how different things would be IF my life were different. I would be having a family feast now, instead of IV]s of antibiotics and ad stuff like this cocktails of pills I take daily just to maintain stability in my health and wellness. I think I would be surrounded by family and friends instead of doctors, nurses, etc.... This is the life God chose for me and each person though with family, friends, nurses, doctors, strangers or just completely alone has the chance for salvation give freely to everyone one of us (if we would just allow Him in). This gift of salvation was given to all by The Cross of Calvary and proven by Christ Jesus, Emmanuel. Though, I sometimes, honestly wish things were different, at the same time, I am fortunate to have what I do have. I have A Savior That was born to me, I have more living to live, more things to get done, more people I have to meet and more I have to writ...

Dear Family and Friends. I am in the ER ad I am going to be admitted as an inpatient into the hospital. Please pray that I will be home for Christmas. If I am not home for Christmas, please pray that I will just be okay. Thank you ALL for your support and your prayers. Love and Prayers, Evelyn

Good Morning Family and Friends! As I get older (and I hope wiser) I'm realizing how important how I thought were the little things in life have gotten to be so more important than they used to be. My family is so very important to me. The wondrous night sky that was so visible to me last night I remember. The 'I love you' coming from my sister's mouth touched me. 'I love you' springing out of the mouths of the people I love and who have become so important to me as I get (a teeny bit) older are the most wondrous sounds. God loving me, just a sinner, so much that He sent His Son so I might have a chance, is the greatest love I or anyone, can receive. Praise Be To God! Love, Evelyn

SORT  I am here, in a bed, on a medical floor, hospitalized for some serious stuff.. It's 1 am and I am just wondering how Christmas is going to be for me and for my family. I really hope to e with my family for Christmas. If I am not, well, I hope there will be someone..I try to convince myself things will be okay and I have faith that things WILL be okay whether home, with my family OR in a hospital bed. I am the hospital for a resewn (reasons) and things will work out, I know this.   It's the Christmas season and things ALWAYS work out for the better. I'm praying this morning that Jesus will use His Hands in the doctors, nurses and other medical people taking care of me. (I hope to e home for Christmas). Evelyn

 The Serenity Prayer is a very special prayer to me: This is how I, Evelyn Pinto  look at The Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity (Lord, keep me quiet, calm and still when I need to be, not only physically but in my head as well) ) to accept the things I cannot change (Lord help me to accept not only my physical limitations but, my emotional boundaries as well) the courage to change the things I can (Lord, allow me never to live in places like risk or fear) and the wisdom to know the difference. (Lord, let the choices that I make and the life I live glorify You, God) I hope you like how I look at the Serenity Prayer. I love this prayer                                                   Evelyn M. Pinto     ...

How good the Healthcare System is ,is how well it works for its' service recipients, especially those living with chronic physical disabilities and its senior citizens. Ask me how it's working.. I am a person living with chronic physical disabilities and getting the care I need (or lack of appropriate care) is almost as exhausting as the illnesses I fight in my body. I am tired of fighting. I am t ired of fighting 'The System just to get preventative care. The System is so readily able to pay for an ambulance to get me to the ER and just as quick to put me in the hospital but, ask me if there were any measures taken that have prevented the numerous medical hospitalizations I have had. Please ask me if there are any preventative measures in place now that will prevent the acute medical emergencies. My doctor said that I haven't a need for a visiting nurse. My Medicaid won't pay for it. My doctor did say that the ER is available. Does this make sense to anyone? I...

Evelyn Pinto   Wouldn't it be awesomatic (my new word) if I could FLY? through all of this stuff called called "LIFE"? That would be so awesomatically, amazingly, fantastically WONDERFUL! Evelyn

I'm figuring this whole life thing out. 1st, I slept and ate through life 2nd, Then I crawled through life 3rd, I sat and walked through life 4th, Then I ran through life!! Now, I'm back to sitting and riding through life! Wouldn't it be great if I could not only walk  through life  but, it would be totally awsomatic, if I could DANCE through life!! That would be so, so AMAZING!!!! Evelyn

I asked a friend how she was. She stated: "It's a No Banana Morning!" (She didn't get any bananas this morning). So Everyone this morning is  a " No Banana Morning !" Anyone ever have one of those days when the day just comes out to be  "A No Banana Day?" Evelyn

Evelyn Pinto Good Morning Friends! I guess I never realize what I do have, especially when I'm in this dark space caused by stress an (overabundance of it). Well, today I'm going to create this: "Evelyn's Stress Free Place" This is a safe place of mine where there is always hope, always love, always kindness, always God! Even sickness, or loneliness, or cruelty or lots of the really bad stuff will not penetrate this safe place I built I'm okay, my friends. butt living with a chronic a illness(es) puts me puts me in a very bad space but, just for a little while. There's ALWAYS hope in a new day. Today is that new day! Today is hope! Evelyn Pinto

Evelyn Pinto about an hour ago  near  Somerville How Am I Today? I feel Atomically, Energetically compelled! There are all kinds of problems that need to be solved. There are things wrong in the Healthcare System that gives me so many other people treatment(s). There is hope to make things better if people don't settle wrong & minimal treatment(s). I'm a middle aged adult living with a population of senior adults where the major problem is the y have a degenerative brain diseases. There is nothing wrong with my mental status. My mind is very active. Living here, in this population, my mind does not get the intellectual stimulation it so desperately needs. I don't get enough contact with people (and children) that have similar lives. I live where I live because I and many other people have none to little options! Don't get me wrong, I appreciate where I live. There Are vital things and people missing from my life! I live with faith and the hope that ...

                                                    IF YOU CAN'T HELP ME, DON’T HURT ME! I am at point of my life where I need help from medical professionals, other service providers and many other people. I am very appreciative for help. I do NOT feel very grateful when: (1)People lie to me and call it help, (2) when people treat me like a child(3) when people don't think I am worth their respect (4) when people, who say they are helping me, at the same time, use my physical and emotional issues as excuses to question my credibility and they still think they're helping me (5) When service providers lie to other service providers (and other people) about me. They may even convince themselves that these lies are truth. (6) When people label me and treat me as the labels (7) When people insult my intelligence (8) When people don't think I have any intel...

Good Morning Friends! i"m in the hospital. I was admitted last night. I have been sick for awhile, caught some virus, all this & to complicate this more my lung disease acted up-my breathing is off. Want to know something? I'm going to watch the sunrise! Evelyn

People come up with labels to describe a person continuously. It gets dangerous when people are treated as if they are the labels they are given. It gets very confusing, for me. There are so many labels and I'm treated as I was the different labels various professional people give me I’m given new labels to describe something in/about my body and/or mind all the time! The only thing I have to say to all the many 'label givers' is “Treat Me - A Person,, Not As A Label! Please, treat me, the person I am!” I am a person 1 st  above everything, including the labels dished out so frequently and numerously! Treat Me As That Person I Am, Not The Label(s)! Please!”                                                                                             ...

ME-As I go through this zany, marvelous, difficult experience called "Life"!: Some days it seems that whatever you do, even if ... : Some days it seems that whatever you do, even if you try to make something wrong, right; well, it turns out even more of a disaste...

ME-As I go through this zany, marvelous, difficult experience called "Life"!: Some days it seems that whatever you do, even if ... : Some days it seems that whatever you do, even if you try to make something wrong, right; well, it turns out even more of a disaste...

ME-As I go through this zany, marvelous, difficult experience called "Life"!: Some days it seems that whatever you do, even if ... : Some days it seems that whatever you do, even if you try to make something wrong, right; well, it turns out even more of a disaste...

I would rather people spend the day with me now, while I am still here, so we can enjoy quality time together. Give your time to me while you still can and when I am with you still. If you will spend this time together now, instead of gi ving up a day in your lives having to come to my funeral, I promise , we will have a much better time! Evelyn M

Evelyn Pinto   College! The friendships I had were special and I had fond memories that I always, always treasured. Now, I'm making new, different, better memories! I'm older and so are my yesteryear friends but, we're still marvelously unique and maybe still a little weird. I like weird, unique and marvelous!

Some days it seems that whatever you do, even if you try to make something wrong, right; well, it turns out even more of a disaster! Ever have those days? My mother (when I was a child) used to tell me to go back to bed and get up again. In  that case, how many times to I go to bed and get up over again? At what number do I stop? Maybe some days were meant to spend in bed OR maybe some days were meant not acknowledging some people's or/and the world around me's existence. In life, we have those times but tomorrow brings the hope and realization of how wonderful the world is and how loving and precious the people in it truly are! Thank you, Evelyn

We can't see behind the faces of the people we meet and come in contact with. We don.t know if they are in pain, are happy, are feeling sick, are feeling discouraged or are fighting a battles (or battles) that aren't obvious to us. Be kind and respectful to your neighbor and yourself. We are all fighting battles. We dont need to fight unnecessary battles. Be kind and encouraging. We have it in us to help each other. We also have the power (intentionally or unintentionally to hurt each other). Don't hurt! Help! Make a bad day a bit better for your neighbor and yourself! Be kind!

Pinto October 8  near  Somerville Good Morning Friends! Today, well today I can either acknowledge the world's people occupants existence or ignore their existence. Today, I'm in one of my 'Evelyn moments' . Today, it would be best to ignore the conflictive, argumentative, trouble people occupants that seem to really enjoy irritating me. Yes, today, I will ignore just these unfortunate, irritating these people occupants of this world that bother me more when I'm experiencing my 'Evelyn moments'. Oh, these times of my 'Evelyn moments' Prayers will be greatly appreciated and I will be so grateful. Love and Prayers To All and Please God Help Your World We Are All Living In Now. Love and Prayers, Evelyn

Evelyn Pinto October 8 First, I dream it. Second, I draw up everything in me to believe it CAN be done. Third, I imagine ways to do it. Fourth, I decide which way would be the best and way to do it. Sixth, I figure out to do it. Seventh, I work tirelessly and endlessly to get it done. Finally, it is done! What first was a dream of mine (with imagination, planning, persistence, hard work and a strong will to never give up) is now real! If my accomplishments don't fit yours or society's views of what accomplishments should be , well then, change yours and society's views of accomplishments! Evelyn M. Pinto

Adults suffer with ADHD, ADD and Autism just as much as children but, in different ways! Adults with these disabilities suffer a lot!! Adults suffering from ADHD, ADD and Autism have just as much difficulties with these disabilities! Yes, we adults still do suffer!

I'm tired of the views of a lot of people that think that because I don't work (it could be any job) I'm not a productive member of society! Crap! Even worse, some people even think I don't have a reason to be tired. Being in the System, I  have a lower degree of respect and dignity from a lot of people, especially people in Healthcare. In general, I have less credibility than the people giving me services. These are, generally, the views of many people. Many in the System would rather, in most incidents, believe anyone else, other than the service recipient and would come up with any and all excuses to make the service recipient not credible! I say: Unless people in the System stop using my health issues as an excuse to question my credibility, they will be terminally delusional This is a general statement. This is how most people I encountered in the System think. I want to thank the people I've met who know ME for Me! They've, especially caregivers who ...

Good Morning Friends! I look out my window and see a blue sky, trees starting to turn into their Autumn dress, bushes that have grown where they meet me at my window, etc... I see the wondrous creation of Our God! I know there are people outside my apt going about their daily business. Then POOF! I realize the part I play in the world. I am a participant,a person placed in this to to help my neigh bor and to give to this world and the people in it. I don't think of myself, my life as an observer, nor as a victim, etc.. My life, whatever the turns, the hurts, the joy, the laughter, the accomplishments, my whole life is meant is to glorify My Lord! This morning, I'm going to live my day in a way that will give Him most honor and glory! Today is a day to "rejoice and be glad!"

People come up with labels to describe a person continuously. It gets dangerous when people are treated as if they are the labels the are given. It gets very confusing, for me. when there are so many labels and I'm treated as the different labels by the various professional people who come up with new label to describe something in/about my body and/or mind all the time! The only thing I have to say to all the many 'label givers' is Treat Me As The Person I Am, Not As A Label!"Please! Above All The Labels You've All Given Me Is A Person! Treat Me As That Person I Am, Not The Label(s)! Please! Evelyn

I am ME! I am Not my disabilities! I am Not my sickness and I am Not the wheelchair that I use just to get places! I do Not regret who I AM! I do regret having contact people my life who think less of because they think I am my disabilities and the wheelchair! People who would rather judge me by my circumstances of my life and not as the person I really am are totally missing out o something totally wonderful! Evelyn Pinto

5 minutes ago Good Evening Friends! I've been thinking: I've come to this conclusion that there are no bad days. Bad things happen some days. When we experience more than 1 painful, difficult time on the same day, we're very quick to call it a bad day!  We often call it this because painful, bad times in close intervals (like the same day) without time to breathe and rest in between. These times are so,so overwhelming! The next time that you think you're having one of those days, dress up for the weather and go outside! (If you can get out, imagine you're already outside). Feel the rays of the sun and it's brightness on your body. If it's raining smell the rain. Touch and taste a few raindrops. Get in on the conversation of the birds, squirrels, and other of nature's nearby occupants. Then..... Smile through these hard times. Smile through your difficulties and trials. We're serious through so much of our lives. I figure, if we can smi...

Evelyn Pinto  shared a  link . 6 hours ago I want to write my story, my life. It's very important to me to write this book of my life. In my life's story are the stories of some special, amazing people. I have to write my book for me and also to tell stories of these people who no t only mean so much to me but, also changed my life. My story needs to be told. Their stories deserve to be told!. Evelyn Pinto

Evelyn Pinto 14 hours ago Good Morning Friends! Many people say yesterday's gone. Not really for me! Parts of yesterday I have stored safely in my head and my heart. I can draw from these memories when I have the need to remember some very special, meaningful times  in my life. Yes, in some ways, I have to let go. At the same time, I have to hold on. I have to be able to remember the smell of my father's cherry tobacco and see again the joy in his face when The Red Sox won baseball highest award in 2004. I have to remember the enormous love he had for myself, my mother and my brothers and sisters. Yes, I've learned to let go, in some ways. There are memories of many, many people I hold safely in my heart. They are gone from this Earth but, still alive in my head and heart! These special, special memories of many great times with people I loved give me comfort and also show to me how love survives through it all! Yes, today, I will move on, with my memories ...

Yesterday was a bad day for me but, yesterday's gone! Today holds promise, opportunity and hope! This hope gives me a chance to begin again, to hold fast and believe that things seems bad sometimes, life is not! I'm still me, 'a work in pro gress'. I'm still that same person, a person who is blessed by God over and over and over again. My bad days (for whatever reasons) cloud my thinking. I become reactive to the world around me, to people who I'd be better off just walking away from 'silently' and not let them occupy a place in my head. Yes, today is a brand new day! Today is going to be a wonderful day! Today is going to be filled with love, sunshine, smiles, laughter, fun and a peace that comes only from A Savior-My Savior! Today is also a time to give thanks to God for the good and the bad times for My Lord is with me through it all, walking (metaphorically speaking) with me every step of this journey of my life! God Is Wonderfully Amazing! Love...