Wednesday, April 2, 2014

In support of those who live and work on the floor where I stayed

From: Pepinsky, Harold E.
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 5:00 PM
To: president@osu.edu
Cc: tammy.moore@osumc.edu
Subject: FW: Please share this with all staff AND patients
I was discharged last Friday at the end of 30 days of involuntary confinement on the 2nd floor of Harding Hospital.  Perhaps you can help mend the plight of all who work and live there.  If I can assist in this matter, just ask.  regards, hal

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."  Corinthians, chapter 13, verse 4, the verse Jill selected for our wedding vows.

Hal Pepinsky, pepinsky@indiana.edu, skype name halpep, "Peacemaking" at pepinsky.blogspot.com
 
519 Evergreen Circle, Worthington, OH 43085-3667, 1-614-885-63411-614-885-6341

Please note:  My mind isn't big enough to handle social networking.  I do not respond to requests to befriend on Facebook or to become Linked In.  That leaves me free to take time to respond to email on this one account, and to answer home phone calls, which I very much enjoy receiving.  Thanks for your understanding.  love and peace--hal

From: Pepinsky, Harold E.
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 4:51 PM
To: tammy.moore@osumc.edu
Subject: Please share this with all staff AND patients
Today I stopped outside your doors and said hi to all of you (including Judy) before having a routine visit with Dr. Sanders, on the 5th floor.  I am cooperating fully with a complete but non-invasive physical suggested by my primary physician, Dr. Draeger, whose skill and small-town doctor common sense I trust implicitly.  Accordingly, I'm just scheduled for a routine visit upstairs, two weeks from today at 9:30.

I want to repeat an offer I continue to make to every patient and staff member in this ward: If you want to know what this retired lawyer thinks about any situation you're in, just call at the number below (I always check for messages), and we'll talk.  If you want to see the beautifully restored house no. 7 I moved into in 1957, and now live in again, just call or write for an appointment any business day when my wife is away at work.

Here's an irony: my wife can remember my two weeks of anger, which sadly I vented on her too.  It was torture for her, needless too, for I would have cooperated voluntarily to any reasonable stay with you all; I can only remember glimpses of then and am alive with memories of so many of you, individually.  There is not a one of you I would not help if I can, or welcome into my home.

I continue to abhor the air you live in (the 5th floor is fabrezed to death), and the petty rules like carrying the clipboard that you endure with remarkably good cheer.  Judy's husband told me the cheese has become sanitized and the chicken dry since I left.  I may take my time, but I will not forget you.  love and peace to all, hal

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."  Corinthians, chapter 13, verse 4, the verse Jill selected for our wedding vows.

Hal Pepinsky, pepinsky@indiana.edu, skype name halpep, "Peacemaking" at pepinsky.blogspot.com
 
519 Evergreen Circle, Worthington, OH 43085-3667, 1-614-885-63411-614-885-6341

Please note:  My mind isn't big enough to handle social networking.  I do not respond to requests to befriend on Facebook or to become Linked In.  That leaves me free to take time to respond to email on this one account, and to answer home phone calls, which I very much enjoy receiving.  Thanks for your understanding.  love and peace--hal

1 comment:

  1. I'll be interested in the responses to your recent posts.

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