Monthly Archives: September 2014

These inquiries

Posted on September 13, 2014 by dgermann

These inquiries with clients do need to be on-going and in-built. What matters to you now? What matters to your other family members? Tell me about a time when you acted together well. What could make this long-term care challenge … Continue reading →

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Bright colors and dull

Posted on September 12, 2014 by dgermann

Bright colors and dull Little children teach us older ones To live :- Doug.

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Truth can be imagined

Posted on September 11, 2014 by dgermann

Truth can be imagined. :- Doug.

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Poetry usually intends

Posted on September 10, 2014 by dgermann

My poetry usually intends All possible meanings How can there only be one? Can you think of others For this? :- Doug.

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Do birds ever fly just for fun?

Posted on September 9, 2014 by dgermann

Do birds ever fly just for fun? To feel the air through their feathers? Do puppies ever tumble over each other? Do humans ever play? What’s the worth and need of it? :- Doug.

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its own streams

Posted on September 8, 2014 by dgermann

Life seeks its own streams. :- Doug.

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Loss

Posted on September 7, 2014 by dgermann

All change requires loss Great change requires great loss What cost will we consciously pay? Firm ground vanishes We step into the void The price demands something we clutch Or we see nothing more precious :- Doug.

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We are not rapidly approaching…

Posted on September 6, 2014 by dgermann

We are not rapidly approaching the limits of what I know. We crossed that frontier long ago! :- Doug.

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peace of mind. sooner.

Posted on September 5, 2014 by dgermann

Long-term care: peace of mind. Sooner. :- Doug.

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Observe, observe, observe

Posted on September 4, 2014 by dgermann

Observe, observe, observe as lawyer I see the invisible infrastructure of laws and regs that you see dimly if at all as outsider I see something of how your family works—so then let us reflect together then you choose and … Continue reading →

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Not one of us completes life

Posted on September 3, 2014 by dgermann

Not one of us completes life Life lives for ever new starts In new shoots and old stalks :- Doug.

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This is the hiding place

Posted on September 2, 2014 by dgermann

Create your own experiences This the hiding place of life The the pouring out of love :- Doug.