drunken
Lounging comfortably near the radiating wood stove and reading the day’s early morning devotional, there arose a persistent “thump, thump” coming from the kitchen. Its sound was familiar to the ones heard randomly during the previous week. A quick observation confirmed the thumping source. An Eastern Mockingbird had lingered too long at the poke berry vines bearing its intoxicating fruit and was now drunkenly insisting upon entering the kitchen through the double paned window. Further evidence of the bird’s indulgence was found in the splattered purple renderings on the window screen. Nothing seems to deter this bird from her drunken quest. Time will facilitate her metabolism and the eventual reduction in her drunken delirium. Absent the drunken delirium, often pesky PD symptoms arrive at the “window” of perception insisting upon entering for an extended visit. The “double pane” window of medication and exercise reject the sometimes persistent intrusion leaving only a reminder that without the protection, the drunken bird of symptoms would come to roost. Grateful for the opportunity to fend off the intruder, this recipient of grace lifts prayers of thankfulness!