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

On a happier note, it is almost Christmas time! I decorated inside and outside my apartment. I get so, so excited through the Christmas season! Christmas,  a festive time of celebrating the birth of Jesus, our Savior! Please be kind in this season of Great Love> Could we all remember, as we celebrate,  the true meaning of Christmas? Love, peace and hope,                        Evelyn Pinto                       November 27, 2016

I have heard people around me boast of how strong they are because they don't need a mobility device. At the same time, I hear people in pain who would rather be in pain than take something to manage their pain. The validity of the 1st statement is definitely questionable.  Most of the people I know who, for various reasons, need a mobility device and use it, despite society's stigmas, are the strongest people I've ever met. In the same regard, people who live a long, long time in chronic pain and have the common sense to take a prescribed treatment that would alleviate some of the pain do this so they can live as normally as possible amongst family and friends without some of that pain. It's the degree and the duration of the pain that make a case for the person in chronic pain. I use mobility devices and suffer debilitating pain, and have for some time. I know I am a strong person and I definitely know the strength and courage my friends possess. ...

A positive attitude in the midst of adversity can make you content, grateful and dan even bring about a better outlook on life! If I can emphasize anything, it would be to be kind to everyone-Always! The people who are the most difficult to be kind to, give them an extra dose of love and kindness. These people need it the most! Words and actions can, more times than not, be chain reactions. When you smile at someone, it can be contagious! Most of the time  that smile will travel to others and the recipient of a smile will smile at others. When you sacrifice by, for example, give your place in line to someone else, they may l reciprocate by doing good for someone else. If everyone does acts of kindness for their neighbors, as well as for strangers, we can make the world a great place to live in! We don't have special glasses to see the invisible battles another person is fighting. This is why it is so important to be kind to all people , Always! Please, each of...

This, my friends, is my desk at home. I call it "A Creative Chaos"! I Love It!  _Evelyn

For many years, Easter Seals has been devoted to helping, training and giving services to children and adults with disabilities. Today I, and other clients and staff of Easter Seals, met with Paul Medeiros (President and CEO of Easter Seals) and members of the Board of Directors at Easter Seals. This was a fun and informative meeting in which I learned from the people at this meeting and about new technology. Some years ago, Easter Seals me a computer leased me and gave me the necessary training in computer skills. Tara Espiruitu, a technology specialist from the Adaptive Technology Department at Easter Seals, gave me a firm foundation in computer. Skills. Tara is still available to me to fix, answer and help with anything to do with the computer. These computer skills, with the knowledge and reasoning of how to use it, has opened up many doors for me. I am able to touch base with family and friends that I don’t see a lot, through email and Facebook and Twitter, a...

On my solemn stroll.... Walking... Glancing up,  into the Heavens... Praying... Asking God for guidance Asking God for help.... Giving Him thanks for His Creation all around me........ Walking, not thinking..... Just walking...... With sincerity, love and hope,                Evelyn Pinto               November 10, 2016                                    All photographs taken by Evelyn Pinto

I was hurriedly strolling through the courtyard to get to my apartment. I was in a rush to get an important something done. That important something-to-do seems insignificant now,  as I take in the sights all around me. The foliage was colorful and  glorious against the afternoon sky! The trees seem to dance in the wind, tossing their leaves to the ground. The  leaves , decorating the ground, hid the gray pavement! Yes, it was a wonderful day in the Autumn season! I looked to the sky, sought the Heavens, and prayed. I thanked God for all my blessings, especially, for this solemn and insightful stroll!                         Evelyn Pinto                        November 9, 2016

"Whenever I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they can seem invincible - but in the end they always fall. Think of this always.                          Ghandi

It's difficult for me, going in and out of the hospital Today, Thursday, I saw the sunrise. The sunrise always gives me "HOPE"! It's exhausting, painful and emotional living with sickness that makes going to the hospital a lot necessary. I'm going home today! I would like to thank all the medical personnel at the hospital I go for my medical care and treatment. There have been doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, primary care assistants and and many, many others who have treated me with love, compassion and concern, These medical people, and others working at the hospital,  have gone out of their way, making me comfortable and calm, while delivering to me treatment and medical care at a level of superb excellence. I would like to officially thank every one of these people, working at the hospital, from the Emergency Department to the medical units that I'm placed on. It could have been a visit from a respiratory therapist when I had been...

I am going home today. Yes, home is the best place for me. I do live with having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma,  diastolic congestive heart failure and other medical issues. All of these medical issues can be life threatening. It also complicates my life more than most people can imagine. I am blessed to have the support of my friends, my family and my church. I don't know, from day to day, what will happen to me so, I pray; diligently pray. I also make plans. Yes, all, or even most, of my plans may never take place. I do make these plans to give structure to my life. Most important, I begin each day with prayers of gratitude and praise to God, my Creator and The Ultimate Healer, for another day of Life. I ask His Him today for courage,  guidance,  wisdom and strength.,  I also ask my God, to feel physically and emotionally better,  in this  roller coaster of my life. I end the day by giving thanks to God for another day, for...

Another day in the hospital.... It is just not another day though. It is another day of life, a day to be grateful for! It is really difficult to be positive when I am  in the hospital, sick, feeling discouraged, alone and out of touch with what I am familiar with. Feeling so much discontent, I glanced out my hospital room window this morning. I saw the sun rise over the Charles River against the Boston skyline. I bowed my head and began to pray, praising God and thanking Him for this miracle outside my hospital room window!  I prayed more, thanking God for my all blessing. Though, I tell you all, it is very, very discouraging, having a life of being sick and needing to be in the hospital a lot. I give thanks to God, though, for my family, my friends and my home and  for the many medical personnel caring for me in the hospital. I saw the sunrise today! This morning, I saw HOPE! Thanks Be To God!                ...