I WANT TO DANCE (Final revision) 8-6-2023

"I WANT TO DANCE!"

Dear Friends,

I pray all of you are well, rested, healthy, and happy and feel loved!

Me, I have been riding, terrified, on the rollercoaster of "Life"!

My health hasn’t been as well as I would like it to be.

The poor air quality (much of this awful air quality is as a result of the fires burning in Canada), high humidity, the heat, and high pollen counts + my allergies have caused it even more difficult to breathe.

My friends, it’s natural and automatic to breathe. When you are struggling to breathe on a continuous basis, it’s beyond frightening.

Many people, even people I love, and am acquainted with, and many, many other people have similar struggles with their abilities (or lack of abilities) to breathe.

My friends, I am with you and I empathize with you. I do understand, totally.

Several other health issues have been surfacing in me.

I am struggling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, SOB, Congestive Heart Failure, Venous Insufficiency, Igg, a paralyzed diaphragm in my left lung and other troubling health scenarios with me.

I need a walker to walk safely and, at times, a wheelchair, to navigate distances.

I also require supplemental oxygen 24/7.

My friends, I want to live, not just survive, to “LIVE”!

I want to feel comfortable enough, despite my many health challenges, to go out and do ordinary things!

When I do set out and move, these ordinary missions will become “extraordinary”!

My friends, I want to go to a club or a hall and “Dance”, just “Dance”!

I want to shop and buy those items that I can not only look amazing but, get more stuff where I can create astonishing things!

For just a while, I want to go on a vacation from my breathing problems, my chronic health problems, and my mobility problems, doctors’ offices and hospitals and just sit with my new self and take a long, uncomplicated, smooth and relaxing breath.

Then I plan to go out with my new energy and new self and “Dance”!

That’s not all I plan to do!

I plan to revel in the swinging of those long, wonderful, dancing trees!

I am hoping to get in on the conversations of the birds that fly outside!

I will relish in the miraculous beauty of sky and poke at those snowball white marshmallow clouds!

That’s not all, dear friends…

I am going to sing, sing my favorite songs and hymns!

My friends, I love to sing!

I have no talent in that category but that never stopped me!

Then I am going to reach the hearts of people, people who need those connections more than I do.

With their permission, I will go to them, sit by their side(s) and listen, intently listen.

I will tell, also, of my life, share the Good News with everyone I meet, and then tell how I navigate (still working on that one) through Life.

I will also share my struggles and how I have  am emerged into the person sitting with you today.

Only by the Grace of God and the miraculous gifts our Lord has so generously bestowed on me, I am here, present with you today I have known how powerful and  enlightening  the “Good News” is!

Then, my dear, cherished  friends, I will tell you “My Story”!

Love, prayers, hugs and all that good stuff,

Evelyn (Pinto)

July 7, 2023

 "I WANT TO DANCE!"

Dear Friends,

I pray all of you are well, rested, healthy, and happy and feel loved!

Me, I have been riding, terrified, on the rollercoaster of "Life"!

My health hasn’t been as well as I would like it to be.

The poor air quality (much of this awful air quality is as a result of the fires burning in Canada), high humidity, the heat, and high pollen counts + my allergies have caused it even more difficult to breathe.

My friends, it’s natural and automatic to breathe. When you are struggling to breathe on a continuous basis, it’s beyond frightening.

Many people, even people I love, and am acquainted with, and many, many other people have similar struggles with their abilities (or lack of abilities) to breathe.

My friends, I am with you and I empathize with you. I do understand, totally.

Several other health issues have been surfacing in me.

I am struggling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, SOB, Congestive Heart Failure, Venous Insufficiency, Igg, a paralyzed diaphragm in my left lung and other troubling health scenarios with me.

I need a walker to walk safely and, at times, a wheelchair, to navigate distances.

I also require supplemental oxygen 24/7.

My friends, I want to live, not just survive, to “LIVE”!

I want to feel comfortable enough, despite my many health challenges, to go out and do ordinary things!

When I do set out and move, these ordinary missions will become “extraordinary”!

My friends, I want to go to a club or a hall and “Dance”, just “Dance”!

I want to shop and buy those items that I can not only look amazing but, get more stuff where I can create astonishing things!

For just a while, I want to go on a vacation from my breathing problems, my chronic health problems, and my mobility problems, doctors’ offices and hospitals and just sit with my new self and take a long, uncomplicated, smooth and relaxing breath.

Then I plan to go out with my new energy and new self and “Dance”!

That’s not all I plan to do!

I plan to revel in the swinging of those long, wonderful, dancing trees!

I am hoping to get in on the conversations of the birds that fly outside!

I will relish in the miraculous beauty of sky and poke at those snowball white marshmallow clouds!

That’s not all, dear friends…

I am going to sing, sing my favorite songs and hymns!

My friends, I love to sing!

I have no talent in that category but that never stopped me!

Then I am going to reach the hearts of people, people who need those connections more than I do.

With their permission, I will go to them, sit by their side(s) and listen, intently listen.

I will tell, also, of my life, share the Good News with everyone I meet, and then tell how I navigate (still working on that one) through Life.

I will also share my struggles and how I have  am emerged into the person sitting with you today.

Only by the Grace of God and the miraculous gifts our Lord has so generously bestowed on me, I am here, present with you today I have known how powerful and  enlightening  the “Good News” is!

Then, my dear, cherished  friends, I will tell you “My Story”!

Love, prayers, hugs and all that good stuff,

Evelyn (Pinto)

July 7, 2023