Monthly Archives: April 2012

Curing, healing, dementia, play

Posted on April 12, 2012 by dgermann

Though I cannot cure you, I can help heal you, restore you to play. Can those with dementia play? Do we have the love to play with them? To learn from them? :- Doug.

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Family Council: something begins

Posted on April 11, 2012 by dgermann

One purpose of Family Council is to open space for inspired, workable next steps, in a setting where We is more important than Do, in a setting where the next steps are confused. Something begins. :- Doug.

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If I am to die well

Posted on April 11, 2012 by dgermann

If I am to die well I need you to place my story in yours If I am to die well I need you to love me :- Doug.

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Can disabled elders have a good life?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by dgermann

Here is a post about research that answers this question Yes. Please read it. http://www.geripal.org/2012/04/many-disabled-seniors-have-good-quality.html :- Doug.

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How do we die in our times?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by dgermann

How do we die in our times? Would we die heroically, meaningfully, or as many of us do, with a whimper? :- Doug.

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Alzheimer’s: modern Magellans?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by dgermann

“Right up to the last minute,” Joelle said to me “the soul has work to do” Weeks later her words lead me to ask What if it were more opening than disease this Alzheimer’s & these our tribe’s explorers? What … Continue reading →

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Our story has no end

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dgermann

It is true that our story reaches out and touches others, touches the stories of our ancestors and descendants, touches and mingles with the story of our family and tribe for years, maybe eons. :- Doug.

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We are ever given the ability to renew our futures.

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dgermann

We are ever given the ability to renew our futures. :- Doug.

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You do not die at the end

Posted on April 8, 2012 by dgermann

You do not die at the end of your story, but in the course of it. :- Doug.

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A tale true to life

Posted on April 8, 2012 by dgermann

Here is a tale true to life: A boy sets out on a road. Life offers not end, so this story has no end. Sometimes there is opposition, sometimes not. Life is open. A life might end, but life goes … Continue reading →

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The redbuds and the pears

Posted on April 7, 2012 by dgermann

The redbuds and the pears The cherries and the apples Start the spring with shouts In the shape of flowers Riotous flowers The maples put forth Seeds on the wing The pin oaks get right Down to business New leaves … Continue reading →

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Endings are beginnings

Posted on April 7, 2012 by dgermann

Endings are beginnings :- Doug.

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Even in our last days

Posted on April 6, 2012 by dgermann

There are many parts to the human. Let’s take for instance head, hand and heart. All tire at different rates. The longer our view, the more that is possible to us. The more we see, the more we see. Our … Continue reading →

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In this family together

Posted on April 6, 2012 by dgermann

We are in this family and in this setting together. Only together do we move on. Even if some of us pull away and stop participating, the whole of us must adjust and find a way forward. We might be … Continue reading →

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If doctors

Posted on April 6, 2012 by dgermann

If doctors have no desire for conversation, then we can take on having the conversation for them. :- Doug.

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The art of the continually unfolding possible

Posted on April 5, 2012 by dgermann

In a law suit our lawyer said, “It’s only about the money.” But now as I consider, life is about What’s possible now? Law is the art of the possible. The art of the continually unfolding possible. :- Doug.

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More than just get you on Medicaid

Posted on April 5, 2012 by dgermann

The work is more than just to get you on Medicaid or some other discreet task; the work is to keep your family in play, your life ongoing. :- Doug.

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