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

This newspaper article was saved by my mother. My mother has recently passed away. I was 18 years old when I wrote this article. I am now in my senior years. May God bless my mother! Love, Evelyn Pinto My Mother's Daughter December 22, 2021

Yesterday was a good day! Monica and the 3 oldest of her 5 children came to visit me. It was an enjoyable time being with Monica and Lucia, Joseph and Theresa! I have known these children since Lucia was 3 years old and Joseph was just a baby. I taught these children during the Celebration of the Mass.  I held Theresa and Miriam as newborn babies. (Grace was born last year in 2020, during the Pandemic). The visit with the children was an extra nice way to celebrate Christmas and, also, to welcome the baby Jesus. Thank you, God, for my family, my friends, my church and church family, for enough to eat, a place to live and call "Home" and people to help me care for myself and to care for me when I cannot. Thank you, Lord, for Life! Thank you, Lord, for Jesus! Evelyn Pinto December 21, 2021

I wish you all a joyous, loving, merry and safe Christmas! This is my, Evelyn's Christmas Tree And with a bit of photo editing Love and prayers, Evelyn Pinto December 12, 2021

                     Tufts University located in Medford and Somerville, Mass., does a lot of outreach into the surrounding communities, especially in Somerville, Mass. I happen to live in an assisted senior living residence, where some awesome Tufts University graduate students, studying Occupational Therapy, have been assigned. I was fortunate and blessed to have 2 wonderful, helpful and delightful students, Erin and Anna, assigned to me. Erin and Anna were helpful to me, especially doing stuff for me in my apt, I was unable to do. Erin, Anna and me also had fun, lots of it! Yesterday, December 2nd, was the last time Anna, Erin and myself were going to meet together. Usually this would have been a sad time but, it turned out to be a blast, a totally fun time! We had a Christmas Party! I brought gifts for my 2 young friends, including pictures that I had shot and edited myself and then had mounted these photos on special cardstock and wrapped them in colored ribbons.

  Thanksgiving Day, 2021 Through all the troubles, difficulties and trials I a m now facing, I am grateful for the blessings of some exceptional people who decorate my life. Today, I celebrated Thanksgiving with friends. My brother, Paul, and his girlfriend, Cherry, did pop in and the end of the day, which I was so grateful for. Thanksgiving Dinner was a tasty, wonderful and flavorsome meal that was cooked, prepared and served with elegance and pleasantness by the kitchen and dining staff where I live. The entire kitchen and dining staff did their jobs with total excellence! Sometime after our dinner, I sponsored a Dessert Bar for all the residents, staff and families (and whomever wanted to come) on the 3 rd floor in the building in which I live in. The Dessert Bar was a huge success! Friends enjoyed some homemade pie (with whipped cream) that was made by a church member at their church Bake Sale, homemade cookies and other dessert delicacies that were spread over a l

Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, 2021. My family and friends, I have been blessed and blessed abundantly. Yesterday, though, was a bitter sweet Thanksgiving for me. This was the 1 st Thanksgiving without my sweet, precious mother. (My mother passed away on October 31 st of this year). I usually spent my Thanksgivings with her. I miss my mother all the time. My sister, Roberta, whom I love dearly, is in the hospital fighting complications from the chemotherapy that she takes for the lung cancer attacking her body. I love my sister, Roberta, talk to her daily, worry about her constantly and pray for her diligently. All this being too much for me to handle, I place my life, my worries, my concerns and my sister’s health into the Mighty Hands of God. I bow my head and pray to Him who listens and works miracles. I have the assurance and faith that God will answer my prayers. Love and prayers, Evelyn Pinto November 26, 2021  

 

  Eulogy: My Mother, Gloria Pinto Psalm 31:9 Be merciful to me, Lord for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. With sadness, sorrow and immeasurable grief, I stand before all of you to tell you about my mother, Gloria Pinto. My mother, Gloria Pinto, passed away on October 31 st , 2021. That was the day of my mother’s death. That was also the morning my mother was welcomed into The Gates of Heaven, into the open Arms of Jesus. My family and friends, the time of my mother’s death is not important.   My mother’s life was. My mother lived her life well, very well. My mother loved her children immensely. She loved all her grandchildren immeasurably. And she loved Jesus enormously. And we all loved my mother so, so very much! My mother cared for her family, all her family with an overabundance of love. In her later years, we as a family, cared for her. My mother, Gloria Pinto, loved God and she loved people, all people! And ev

  My Mother, Gloria Pinto’s Has Passed Away With immeasurable grief, sadness and sorrow my sweet, precious mother, Gloria Pinto, passed away on Sunday morning of October 31 st , 2021. My sweet mother left this Earth and was welcomed into The Gates of Heaven this morning, into the Arms of Jesus. My mother was loving, magical and kind. My mother loved her children unconditionally, loved her grandchildren, all her grandchildren immensely and she loved Jesus abundantly. My mother loved God and she loved people, all people. My mother, Gloria Pinto, leaves behind her children, Roseanna Ambrose, Roberta Marquis, Evelyn Pinto (me), Theresa DelMonica and Paul Pinto Jr. My mother, Gloria Pinto, also leaves behind 3 sisters Judy, Marge and Evelyn, 3 sisters in laws, Rosemarie, Peggy and Helen a brother in law, Joseph and countless grandchildren, great grandchildren, great, great grandchildren   with a few great, great, great grandchildren. My mother, Gloria Pinto, also leaves behi

  Yesterday was my Birthday! Though birthdays are generally happy occasions, I felt lost and sad. To explain, my precious mother, whom I love dearly and abundantly, is fighting for her life in a hospital. I visit my mother when I am able to but, it is difficult. It feel like a cutting blade severing every part of my insides, seeing what my dear mother is going through. I feel sadness and helplessness. My sister, whom has been a + support now cannot be. My sister is fighting lung cancer and is going through chemotherapy and radiation. Other family members have health challenges that take up much of their time and energy. Yesterday was my birthday and though I was experiencing pain, sadness and loneliness, my friends came through for me. My friend, Linda who has the same birthday as me, refused to allow me to dwell on such troubling issues. Linda, me and some of my friends at the VNA Assisted Living on Alewife Brook Parkway in Somerville, Mass. celebrated our Birthday

  Life Is Tough Living with serious, life threatening medical illnesses is rough! Living with the knowledge of those you dearly love having serious, life threatening and grim medical illnesses, well, this all places me in a dark place that I never wanted to even enter. Exhaustion, pain and difficulties breathing are symptoms of my medical dilemma, and also with those I dearly love. Sickness, especially serious illnesses happens through no fault of myself, those I love, and all those who live with chronic illnesses. How do we handle this? Who do we go to when the pain gets so severe that moving becomes a crisis? How do we reassure those we love when pain, fatigue and exhaustion call the shots? How do we even sleep at night when we fixate over realistic thoughts that we may not wake up tomorrow? What do we do when we want to ask our healthcare professionals questions when we are scared of and/or don’t want the answers? What do we tell our family and friends? What do