When did you meet Mickey?
2009
Where did you meet him?
Good Samaritan Health & Wellness Center
Memory of Mickey
I had the honor of working with Mickey for almost 8 years. I saw him perform miracles with patients who had been sentenced to the hell of imprisonment in mental illness. They broke free of their bonds and learned what joy could feel like. Some of that was due to his great intellect and understanding of psycho-pharmaceuticals—both how to use them and when not to. But most of that was that the patients truly knew that he cared, wasn’t judging them, and would advocate for them.
In the world that Good Samaritan serves, non-judgmental caring and advocacy can be rare—especially among the poor and mentally ill. I think few of us can imagine what a light-filled God-send that is to our patients. They will all miss him very much.
As will I. I have lost a great partner in the fight to bring good health and quality of life to the people we serve. Someone who got it. I don’t know what we will do without him.