Yossiea, I would completely approve, as long as it is done in earnest and not with leitzonus (i.e. if you stick in a line about the Mets, you’re probably not taking God very seriously). Shema can be said in any language (halacha). However, there is a value to praying with the words of the formal tefillos, and those should not be omitted. But the additional supplications that come from the heart are very welcome by God. In English, Yiddish, Hebrew, Spanish, Hungarian, or garbledegook (i.e. a 3 year old can pray too – and mean it).
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