Monthly Archives: September 2011

Now can we

Posted on September 28, 2011 by dgermann

All our lives preparing our homework for jobs for weddings for parenthood for a new career for company for dinner but now we are 60 or 70 or 80 but now is it finally Now now can we live now … Continue reading →

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I’m turning red! I’m turning orange!

Posted on September 24, 2011 by dgermann

I’m turning red! I’m turning orange! Fire now I have, the brightness of my life Is now revealed, and in the wind I will dance! Dance with me! Shouted the leaf, and the whole tree Came alive with color! Soon … Continue reading →

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No, you said,

Posted on September 24, 2011 by dgermann

No, you said, and fought off tears —how dreaded the diagnosis But now I ask you be gentle with yourself say how—then say how again— you would like to see this ending :- Doug.

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Before you visit your lawyer for your Will

Posted on September 24, 2011 by dgermann

Before you visit your lawyer for your Will, visit your journaling pad. Complete this sentence: My daughter, my son, I want for you…. :- Doug.

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The flame alive

Posted on September 23, 2011 by dgermann

The flame alive atop the candle our elder years are :- Doug.

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Elder, at the pinnacle

Posted on September 22, 2011 by dgermann

Elder, at the pinnacle of adult knowing, you are called to jump into these wider openings you now can see so to grow us by community :- Doug.

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Grandparent to grandchild questions

Posted on September 22, 2011 by dgermann

Grandparent to grandchild questions: —What do you think the birds see when they look down at us? —What do the trees see? —What does your angel think about you? :- Doug.

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Shh. Yes, you are fragile

Posted on September 21, 2011 by dgermann

Shh. Yes, you are fragile No, that is not all right But you are as all of us & together & alone We get to where we can Share this fragility There is strength here too Among us :- Doug.

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What does it mean to do eldering?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by dgermann

What does it mean to do eldering? :- Doug.

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business success can turn us

Posted on September 21, 2011 by dgermann

Our wanting can block & blur our richer selves business success can turn us from filling a world need to buying a new convertible a beautiful spouse & big parties with important people can keep us from seeing this little … Continue reading →

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Quotation: the cords between people

Posted on September 16, 2011 by dgermann

Especially in this time of managed care, more emphasis seems to be placed upon medication and the quick amelioration of symptoms, short-term work and privatized, profit-making clinics, than upon the lovely and mysterious alchemy that comprises the cords between people, … Continue reading →

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Quotation: breaking heart

Posted on September 15, 2011 by dgermann

It’s better for the heart to break than not to break. Mary Oliver

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Quotation: grief

Posted on September 15, 2011 by dgermann

I don’t have much knowledge yet in grief– so this massive darkness makes me small. You be the master: make yourself fierce, break in: then your great transforming will happen to me, and my great grief cry will happen to … Continue reading →

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