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

I am “Home”! I was discharged from the hospital yesterday. I arrived home early last night. I’m so glad to be home, with my friends and surrounded by my stuff! I showered, which felt amazingly refreshing I slept, peacefully, in my own bed. This was a serious, life threatening, infection in my lungs. Now, it’s time to heal! God has been good to me, very good! With sincerity, love, gratitude and prayers,                                   Evelyn Pinto                         A Witness to a Living God                                  July 31, 2017

I’m breaking free. I’m being discharged today. I’m going home to continue my recovery from this very serious pneumonia where I’m most comfortable, at home. The hospital staff have given me a level of care that is beyond excellence. Now, it’s time for me to go home, where I can get better among friends, around my stuff and where I’m more accessible to family. I will have a visiting nurse, physical therapy, occupational therapy and other services to get me back to my baseline. I’m not the healthiest person in the world and I have to acquire patience with myself to do only what my body will allow. I have to slow down and allow my body and my mind to heal. I want to thank the doctors, nurses, primary care assistants, respiratory therapists,  chaplains of the Pastoral Care Department at the hospital and the many other hospital personnel who walked with me to “The Path of Wellness”. I would also like to acknowledge, give praise and thank Jesus who never left my side.

I'm getting better daily. I probably will go home this weekend to continue my recovery from this pneumonia that hit me hard. I will get home services to aid in my healing. This will include a visiting nurse, physical therapy, occupational therapy and other services to help me heal and back to my baseline. I miss "home”! I miss my family! I miss my friends I miss my stuff! It will be good to be home. I've been nearly a week in the hospital. I would like to thank everyone who helped me and whom I had contact with, at the hospital where I now am. These people I’m so blessed by are these hospital personnel. These competent, caring and compassionate nurses, doctors, primary care assistants, respiratory therapists, chaplains and many, many other hospital personnel helped to the path to wellness. I would also like to thank the many others who sent kind words, prayers and well wishes. Thank you all! Love, A very grateful,           Evelyn Pi

Day # 6 in the hospital: I’m improving every day. I want to be all well and home yesterday. Realizing that it’s not going to happen in the manner I imagined it would, I’ve come to acquire patience. My body has been through turmoil and a sickness that could have taken my life. Both my body and my mind need time to heal. I’m grateful for many things on this Friday morning. I’m blessed to have the sunshine flow through my hospital room window. I grateful for the many small improvements I’ve made since being transported to the hospital that wallowing Sunday night. I’m so appreciative to have wonderful doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, primary care assistants, Pastoral Care chaplains and all sorts of wonderful, experienced, compassionate, loving and super competent hospital personnel give me treatment and care, while in the hospital. I’m thankful for this precious God-given “Life”! Most of all, I blessed that I have My Savior, My Healer, My Comforter (Je

I am a patient in the hospital. I have pneumonia. Last night, I was transported by ambulance to the ER. By the time I arrived at the Emergency Room, I was fighting with a fever of 103.9 The doctors and nurses were fighting with me also, while giving me the care I so desperately needed last night. I was treated with 3 IV antibiotics, fluids, medications and everything necessary to get that high fever down and stabilize my breathing and vital signs. I am now somewhat stable, on a medical unit in the hospital I go for my medical care. My vital signs continue to be monitored with a heart monitor attached to me. It is now 7pm, hours later since I started this post. I am still in the hospital recovering from this horrid pneumonia. I am still being treated with a number of IV antibiotics, fluids and other medications and treatments. I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, primary care assistants, the chaplains and everyone at this hospital, responsible for my c

                                          Dreams Anyone that knows me, knows my passion for writing and for photography. I have been dabbling in both of these since I was very young. I have been writing poetry and short stories since I could hold a pencil. I remember, since I was also very young, loving to take pictures, of everyone and everything! In my pre-teenage years, I developed a technique of taking pictures, using Kodak throw away cameras. At 13 years of age, my godfather and godmother, Lefty and Laura Pini, presented me with a Polaroid camera. I was totally amazed as I saw the picture develop before my eyes! Friends, here I am today, entering my senior years, still writing, still taking pictures and still having dreams of publishing my writings as well as the photographs that I shoot and edit! On The Wings to a Dream,                              Evelyn Pinto                              July 23, 2017            

Being sick totally craps, totally! I am here, in my apartment with another respiratory issue, calming myself by listening to music. Oh, I long for some form of human contact. It is what it is… I’m sick and I’m tired! It’s not just a physical tired but, so tired of being sick! I ask the questions of myself and of God… Why am I sick a lot? Why am I, at 61 years of age, living in an assisted living? Why do people question my credibility when I know things to be true? Why am I treated like I’m crazy when I so definitely have all my marbles? My emotions, like most people scatter all over the place when I am sick. God, who knows me so well, knows my heart and recognizes when it is broken. “One thing at a time”, I hear in my head. “One question at a time.” I usually don’t like to think about the sickness that plagues my body. From COPD, asthma, congestive heart failure, venous insufficiency, Igg insufficiency are just some of the illnesses that limit wh

There are many voids deep inside of me. I love my family and friends so much! I especially miss the family and friends that I don't see. I miss my father, my Uncle Johnny, my Uncle Jim, and all the ones who have passed. God blessed me with the privilege of having people in my life that have passed on. Oh, but,they were here too short a time. I will never be the same after knowing each one of them. These loved ones may be gone from this Earth but, left as precious memories in my heart. Please, my friends and family, cherish the time you have with the people you love, the people who mean a lot to you, the people you feel you couldn't live without. Live today for tomorrow isn't promised to no one. Live, love, and smile at everyone! Laugh, laugh a whole lot! Have Faith! Trust God! May God Bless All Of You! Love and prayers,                        Evelyn

May your coffee be strong, Your socks not have holes in them, Your shoes match, Your shirt not be inside out, Ànd when you leave your home, May you not have forgotten to put your pants on!                         Evelyn Pinto

Our president is using the presidential office to carry out his own financial, angry and hateful agenda. The dangerous man, who put out a video of himself assaulting a CNN reporter, is promoting violence. This is so below the office of the presidency of The United States of America. This man is definitely unfit (and too unstable) to be our president. The Heads of the Republican Party, Paul Ryan especially, have to acquire some integrity, honesty, compassion for others, an openness for diversity and good judgement, which they, now, most definitely lack! Evelyn Pinto July 10, 2017

Our church group (Maplewood Baptist Church) celebrated our end of year with a barbecue. Pastor Gary was at the grill, cooking the chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers There was also fruit, salads, a variety of chip and desserts. I was honored to say the blessing before the meal. We ate, talked with each other and enjoyed being together. It was also a time of sharing, especially sharing our lives with one another. Yes, our church group barbecue was a success! Thank you Pastor Gary, Barbara, John, Rosanne, David, Connie, Bonnie, Judy, Nancy, Connie's granddaughters, and our young helper, Matthew! Special prayers and good wishes go to Ruth and Mary, 2 members of our group who could not attend our barbecue today. May God bless!              Evelyn Pinto              July 6, 2017

I was walking back to my apartment Sunday. I cut through the courtyard. As I glanced into that pond, in the courtyard, my eyes feasted on a water lily in the pond. The water Lily, a thing of beauty coming from God, gave light in a very dark place in my heart. It’s a new day, with an amazing, glorious God looking out for me! It is now Wednesday and now there are 2 water lilies in that pond! Oh, what marvelous wonders in God’s creation! Oh, what a glorious God! Off on the wings of a prayer,                         Evelyn (Pinto)                         July 5, 2017

Yesterday (7-1-17) ended a very trying, difficult and stressful week for my family and myself. Pasquale, my younger sister’s husband was put to rest on Wednesday (6-28-17). It has been a sad and emotional time for my family. On that hot, hazy and humid Thursday of last week (6-29-17), I was admitted to the hospital. I sense that it was the heat, coupled with severe stress and not sleeping, that caused me chest pains and difficulty breathing. I was given a full cardiac workup. After returning to my medical baseline and the medical issues were somewhat improved, I was discharged yesterday (7-1-17) The last teat, a Stress Test, I will take as an outpatient. I was also transitioned to the care of my outpatient providers. I will have follow-up appointments with most of my caregivers, including my primary care physician and my pulmonologist. Friends, I am “Home”! I plan to strengthen ties with family and friends I’m also going to try to make sense of life.