Jumping with Joy

As I grow another year older I find my joys and frustration in life are much the same except more intense. Joy came today when after I took a friend to visit his mother who has severe dementia and just stared at us with an empty look. Earlier in the visit I had tried my tickle, tickle routine which in the past has brought a smile on her face but not this time. At the end of the visit, after my friend had said good bye to his mom, I tried the tickle routine one more time. She gave us a brief smile which brought joy to my friend and me.

The frustrating part of the day came with technology tonight. I had carefully crafted an email to Catholic Workers. I was ready to click the send icon. Usually I save a draft before I send it. This time I did not and the email disappeared. I looked all over for it and even restored my computer but to no avail. The email disappeared in the dark place on the internet. This is frustrating and has happened before.

I better understand now why Jesus beat the devil in a typing contest on a computer. Near the end of the contest the computers went blank. When God said Jesus had won the devil questioned why. God said “Jesus saves.”

I am more sensitive to life as I age and become more experienced, but I am also calmer and responsive rather than reactionary. Joy and frustration remain but now I need to be more like Jesus and save.

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