It’s the shortest distance between
two persons

Thank God that fall is hanging around till I can get ready the gardens and insulating the house for winter. I hope this is true. I know what to do but now need the energy to do it. But I do not feel sorry for myself for low energy.

Yesterday I made a St. Vincent De Paul home visit to a man and his companion we had seen before. We had given him vouchers to a used appliance dealer, we do no longer use, that gave him a defective stove and a refrigerator that barely works. He has tried to get the stove that was dangerously leaking gas replaced or repaired by the vendor with no success. Fortunately we have another used appliance vendor that we used to give him new vouchers.

When the man opened the door for us I could see he was handicapped and had a hard time walking. He also he told me he had a cancer that was being treated. His companion was resting on the couch and was breathing with the aid of oxygen.
He told me how the ride to his last cancer treatment forgot about him. He called the ride service the other day for a ride to the hospital for his companion who was having a hard time breathing. He was trying to avoid calling an ambulance since that can be a costly service for a poor person. The person in the ride company said he could not drive his companion to the hospital. He said she was maybe dying and the person said that was not his business. He called an ambulance.

This poor and ill person had a bright side. As I was leaving the employee of
Goodwill was delivering ‘meals on wheels’. They got to joking around with each other and I joined right in. When one is down and out humor is your best friend.

Suddenly I felt better and with more energy. I walked the person from Goodwill back to his van. I had joked, and somewhat serious, that the clothes I was wearing were from Goodwill. He told me about some other thrift stores that had organized stores with good values on clothing.

Humor heals something I knew but now experienced.

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