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

  Dear Family and Friends, I have been praying, constantly praying. A family member, whom I love dearly, suffered a stroke last night. In addition to this, my sisters and brother face serious health challenges. Their battles are constant, painful and very serious. My sister, Roberta, is a true warrior as she fights the cancer attacking her body with chemo, radiation, great faith, prayer and grace. My sister, Roberta, is the strongest, most faithful and courageous woman I have ever met in my life! She is truly a devout Christian and such a brave woman of faith! Her husband has suffered a stroke, while in the hospital for surgery on a growing aneurysm. My sisters, brother and myself are warriors as we fight our constant, challenging and life threatening health challenges and our life trials with a fierce determination, courage and unwavering faith. We are all still grieving the loss of our precious mother. So much has happened to each of us individually and col...

  Dear Friends, It’s me, Evelyn, writing from my recliner and in my pajamas. I’m sick and have been ill for some time. A virus, not Covid, not the flu and not pneumonia but, a viral virus has grabbed hold of me. This virus has been in me, causing me not only sickness but, distress and frustration! This virus has actually taken me hostage! I am doing everything I possibly can from taking the medications and treatments including nebulizer treatments, albuterol inhalers, Prednisone and other paraphernalia of medical marvels. Still, I sit here writing, while really wanting to go back to sleep again, which I have been doing a lot of these days. I have no energy! The virus grabbed it! I feel sick, congested, coughing, sneezing, diarrhea, severe headaches and body aches and the list goes on… I know many people are sick at this time. My 2 sisters, Roseanna and Roberta (and their husbands) have Covid. My sisters, Roseanna and Roberta have chronic health challenges and fi...

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 sp...

  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...