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

My 61st Birthday has been a week of Birthday Celebrations! On Monday, my sister, Roseanna, visited! It was a fabulous time of supportive conversations, as well as, love and sisterly support. My sister also brought some of my favorite gifts, clothes!  Tuesday was lunch with my best friend, Pat! Pat and I usually have lunch when we have appointments on the same day at the hospital.  This was a special time together with my best friend. as we not only shared lunch together but, also, our lives.t On Wednesday night, it was a  Birthday Dinner at Calhoun's Restaurant with my Experience Life Church Group. It was a night of blessings, love, gifts, cake and Chinese food, as I celebrated my 61st Birthday with a few members of my church family! I loved every single minute at the restaurant.  It was a magical night  of sharing, a meal and lively conversation with members of the church I attend, as well as receiving unconditional love and support. Today, Thursday, I totally

Finding You ------------------------- I will seek and find You . . I shall take you to bed and have my way with you. I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan. I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop. I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I'm finished with you. And, when I am finished, you will be weak for days. All my love, The Flu Now, get your mind out of the gutter and Go get your flu shot! (I thought people may like to find humor in this). This was in the inbox of my email. Love,                               Evelyn

I hurriedly scampered to my apt,  taking a shortcut through the courtyard. I was full of busyness and other kinds of matter that circulated  my brain. I had things to do, plans to execute,  phone calls to make and my apt to clean. Traveling through the courtyard, I stopped abruptly, in the middle of it. I looked, really looked, around me. In the courtyard, I saw, really saw with my eyes, my heart and my soul, the trees in all their autumn splendor I noticed the goldfish, scampering through the pond.  I steered my being to the Heavens and prayed. I praised God for the Beauty of His Creation.  I thanked God for this reflection,  for another day and for Life! Thanks Be To God!                Evelyn Pinto               October 22, 2016

Being a patient in the hospital has its' problems, stresses, questions, and uncertainties.  It's a place where you trust your health,  well being and even your life into the hands of others. You live with this trust and hope that these people are making the right decisions in your behalf.  You also have faith that they are going to do the right thing for you. This can create a roll- a- coaster of emotions to evolve and flow out! In the midst of this confusion and chaos of hospital life, I had a birthday party! Chaplains of the Pastoral Care Department, of the hospital I where I am treated medically, gave me a Birthday Party! Doctors, nurses and others, who worked on this medical unit,  strolled in and enjoyed awesome company and delicious cake! The hospital is an environment known for bad news, acute health problems, life and death struggles and other negative stuff. Today, the hospital wasn't just an institution. Today, it became personal! In the midst

The hospital is a place where a wide range of emotions pop up in you. Exhaustion is one of them. Fear is another! I feel a lot of these emotions! It's Monday and I have been here, a patient in the hospital all weekend! I've been resting a lot, as I now live a life in the hospital environment. At these times, all my body will allow me to do, is to sleep! I'm sick,  totally exhausted, wiped out, broken and feel torn apart. The  lung condition, and the other medical conditions that I live with, are reasons I'm experiencing a lot of these feelings and emotions. This is also why I am in the hospital.. I am having so much trouble breathing, I feel, my heart is also working harder I am grateful for another day and for the watchful eyes of the doctors,nurses, respiratory therapists and other medical personnel, taking care of me! I also grateful for the comforting peace of God, who blesses me with  so much, including a long, long, peaceful sleep last night

Friends, I am in the Emergency Room at the hospital I go for my medical care. I am going to be admitted into the hospital. I am going to be admitted into the hospital, on a medical unit. The hospital has gotten to be a familiar place, more familiar than I, or anyone would like. Hospital Land is different than any place you could ever, ever travel to. Intravenous antibiotics and other medications going through my veins are supposed to treat the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation. This exacerbation of my lungs make it very difficult for me to breathe a lot of the time. Hospital Land is a place where I have a hospital bed, where I sleep, rest, eat and am given medications orally and intravenously. The hospital room is a very dull room,  where there are IV poles, oxygen and other medical paraphernalia. The medical personnel are doctors, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, primary care assistants, social workers, case managers, Pastoral C

It was an unusually warm, fall evening last night! Yesterday's evening, I was a witness to a Miracle of God! God presented me with a perfect ending to a confusing, rattled day! It was a glorious sunset last night, a perfect orchestration to yesterday's end! I may not have accomplished all the goals, I set to do yesterday. Yesterday, I was a first hand witness to the beauty and power of God's creation! I witnessed the end of the day yesterday, with the beginning of night! I was mesmerized by the Sunset last evening! God Is A Good and Loving God, who shows His Strength and Perfection! I ended my day with prayer, praise and gratitude to my God! With sincerity, love, prayers and with the hope of a better tomorrow,                     Evelyn Pinto                     October 14, 2016                    Photos taken by Evelyn Pinto                                  10-13-16

On some days it seems that whatever you do, it goes wrong! Even by trying to make a wrong problem into a right, it turns into a disaster! Did you ever have one of those days? When I was a child, my mother would say to go back to bed and get up again. In that case, how many times do I go to bed and get up over again? At what number do I stop? Maybe some days were meant to spend in bed. Other days were meant to not acknowledge the existence of humans. In life, we have those times but, tomorrow brings the hope and realization of how wonderful the world is! Tomorrow also brings the realization of how special, loving and precious people truly are! God has given me yesterday's tomorrow. That's today and I'm going to make the best of it!                                   Evelyn Pinto                                  October 13, 2016

Every path in the journey of my Life, has changed me into the person I am. Every person I've connected with in this journey of my Life, has influenced me into the person I am. Yes, God has been using me for good. I'm open to God's Word and His Will. Sometimes, God, at times, I get so tired.  I get so tired I don't have the strength to read Your Word or listen to You. In those times, times of weakness, illness and human exhaustion, you give me strength, courage and the will to go on. I finally get it, God! Though, weak, exhausted and sick,  You are strong, much mightier than my health problems, my issues and the world. I'm strong, only through You, God I'm brave, only through You, My Lord! I realize, though I'm sick, tired and broken, I'm all fixed and well put together in Your Sight! God, it's amazing that You know what I need when I can't use the words!. For, it is then, God, that You listen to my heart ! Thank You God! G