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A kind voice on the phone: Owen's request
Owen is housebound after a long hospital stay and is looking for a friendly, patient person for a weekly call.
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After a long hospital stay, I have been mostly housebound for 8 weeks. My family live far away, and the days can feel very long. I'm not looking for therapy - I've that covered - but for conversation.
I'm hoping for someone who can call for about 30 minutes once a week whenever suits us both. I like history, chess and quiz shows, and can listen to anything.
This can be from anywhere in the world as long as you speak English. We can arrange the calls through the platform, with email shared only when we're both comfortable.
Thanks for even thinking about it.
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- effort
- 30 minutes a week
- format
- Online or by phone
- skills
- listening, patience
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- Tshepo R. Jacobs 🇿🇦
I live about 3 km from San Diego. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Flexible on timing.
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Keep going, Owen. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of San Diego.
Sending strength. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double
Rooting for you, Owen. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side.