Hospital Visiting

[poliphilo]

My father-in-law was taken into hospital yesterday. They've got him on a medical assessment ward- in a bed across from the toilets with their bracing stink. He's a sociable man- and being in there with people to enquire about has bucked him up no end. I'm not saying loneliness is the only thing wrong with him- it isn't- but it's clearly a factor.  I left him telling Ailz and her mother about everything that was wrong with the other patients and went for a walk through what used to be my parish. I passed a couple of girls waiting for the bus into Oldham and thought, "Ha, when I was vicar here, you were nothing but eggs."  On the way back I snapped the headless figures in a window of a bridal emporium and -as I turned away- was hailed by a tall, acned Jehovah's Witness.  He told me that Jesus was the only way to eternal life. I told him- politely- that I disagreed.

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[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

How's he doing? Hope you are all keeping going while he is in hospital. It must be tough on you and Ailz too.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

He came out of hospital yesterday. They've given him a nebulizer and adjusted his medication. I've really no idea how he is.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

P.S. When I say I don't know how he is, I don't mean I don't care- but simply that I can't read him.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

OGOD the Jehovah's Witnesses!

They think they have to work their way into heaven by bludgeoning and shoving us heathens around, when they know all along that only 144,000 of us will get in, so what is their point?

I think we heathens should get some credit just for being kind (as you were polite) under pressure.

I tried being polite to Mormons once, even took their Bible to be nice.

Three weeks later (they gave me time to read it, I guess), more Mormons showed up at my door--this time a third one, to bring me into the fold.

As I understand it, Mormons think you can't get to Heaven if you are female unless you marry an elder and in fact marry the elder in their Salt Lake City home church. So, again, what was their point? Were they planning to fix me up with one of their young men on a bicycle? I doubt it very much. They knew I was doomed. Why waste a Bible on me?

I was polite (again) and handed them back their Bible, saying I was not interested. The third (new) Mormom got rather hostile (no points for him) and said (frowning): Why NOT?

I said, I'm just not. And I'm painting my kitchen, so goodbye. And I shut the door.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They used to give us (or sell us) their magazine The Watchtower when I was a kid. It had lovely pictures of angels and demons and dragons from the Book of Revelation, but the articles were quite unreadable.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, one cannot be in a hospital without the morbid interest of other patients' families.

When Dad was very ill after heart surgery, we were all huddled together in the intensive care waiting room, and a sweet little East Tennessee woman made her way over to us. She whispered: "Who is YOUR sick?" ...and waited for a Story.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

People are so nosey!

[(Anonymous)]

How Ironic that a JW tried to convert as you perused nearby your old parish! And in front of a bride and groom, in the very vicinity that your first marriage ended! Poor JW never had a chance did he!!!!!

Big hugs to Gramps Chadwick xxxxx

[alice-g.livejournal.com]

That msg above is from me Alice x

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

When he asked me to explain my belief or unbelief I told him it was a long and complicated story- and I had an appointment to keep.

XXX