Monthly Archives: October 2014
tip of my tongue disease
I have experienced tip of my tongue disease. :- Doug.
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9-year-olds, 3-year-olds
If some people who have trouble thinking are in some ways regressing, then what activities do we give to 9-year-olds, 3-year-olds? Could those things bring pleasure to some of our elders, help them feel engaged, heard, and touched? If this … Continue reading
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Thinking forward in long-term health progressions
Thinking forward, thinking backward: how does this apply to families in long-term health progressions? Backward has its uses—what we have done for one another, how we have loved one another. Forward thinking takes us through observation and construction of the … Continue reading
Our holy work is to
Our holy work is to expand worlds: of individuals and families facing tough long-term care decisions, and of communities wanting to be communities. :- Doug.
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My storytelling:
My storytelling: Ask my grandchildren What color is her hair? Gold as the what? What special ability does she have? What is she shy about? What reason does she have to leave her home this day? Whom does she meet … Continue reading
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What do you like to do?
What do you like to do? Have you tried anything new in the last decade? Painting, poetry, pottery? What keeps your spirit young? :- Doug.
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If we could travel to the stars
If we could travel to the stars and when our grandchildren in the 17th generation reached the place, the stars might not be there any more. For what we see as the stars is the light of eons ago, a … Continue reading
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What opens us?
What is holy about my work? :- Doug.
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What is holy?
What is holy about my work? :- Doug.
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My practice is a sacred practice
My practice is a sacred practice. :- Doug.
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Arguments–spats–like closings
Arguments—spats—seem like closings—I wonder if sometimes they still are openings—especially if we can get past feeling uncomfortable. :- Doug.
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This is holy work
This is holy work, sacred. What makes it so? Bringing us together, opening. :- Doug.
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whole family system
We work with your whole family system in these situations, so it is important for me to get a feel for how things go. :- Doug.
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