ME, SHOPPING, MEADOW GLENN MALL 6-7-16

I went to the Meadow Glenn Mall, before it closed for good.

I did some serious shopping.

I put my shopping list into categories:

#1 Things I needed

#2 Things I needed to get for others

#3 Things I wanted

#4 Things I liked

#5 Things I just couldn't live without

#6 Things that were on sale

The mall was something I did before my sickness, which was a catalyst in a different life for me.

It was some way of finding some normality in my life.

Also, I wanted to do something I used to do before becoming a person with serious medical issues.

I used to go to Meadow Glen Mall a lot with my family.

It was, a family thing!

I reminisced the days of the Meadow Glen Drive In.

My family saw movies at night outside, in our cars.

This adventurous excursion of mine was a way for me to connect with yesterday, and, at the same time find something familiar to bring back to life today.

I wasn't sure if I could pull this adventure of mine off.

Me - riding in my wheelchair and carrying 2 tanks of oxygen on the back of the wheelchair.

All during this time, biblical scripture were in my head:

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".

Jeremiah:" For I have good thoughts of you", says the Lord, "thoughts of peace, not evil, to give you a future and hope."

I am not responsible for the happenings of this day.

I did not have the strength or courage to go through this wild excursion alone.

I had help, from my Friend/

He’s called "Jesus".

                           Evelyn Pinto

                          June 7, 2016 (edited)