Monthly Archives: June 2015

With us, lost

Posted on June 30, 2015 by dgermann

With us, lost :- Doug.

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scary to think

Posted on June 29, 2015 by dgermann

It’s scary to think getting lost is the way worse to have someone tell us even more to have them take us by the hand :- Doug.

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losing my way

Posted on June 28, 2015 by dgermann

Maybe I should display the wonder in losing my way. :- Doug

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feared the first day of school

Posted on June 27, 2015 by dgermann

Dementia might house wisdom even further growth some of us feared that first day of school :- Doug.

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It’s not niceness

Posted on June 26, 2015 by dgermann

Care is a financial transaction Caring is compassion Fellow-being (not feeling) It’s not niceness It’s getting to real :- Doug.

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forgetting what I planned to say

Posted on June 25, 2015 by dgermann

Our strength is in our weaknesses so mine might be in lost words forgetting what I planned to say in midst not beyond :- Doug.

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Listen with eyes closed

Posted on June 24, 2015 by dgermann

Listen with eyes closed Hear underneath words to melodies Larger plumbs us :- Doug.

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Alzheimer’s does not have to be dis-ease

Posted on June 23, 2015 by dgermann

Alzheimer’s does not have to be a dis-ease. What if it were a going further? What if the plaques and tangles were growth of the person? What if we are so blind that years from now people will shake their … Continue reading →

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truly patient

Posted on June 22, 2015 by dgermann

Says the Alzheimer’s truly patient with Rumi There is a field out beyond knowing I’ll take you there We are frightened this one is not :- Doug.

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If to be alive has value

Posted on June 21, 2015 by dgermann

If to be alive has value to experience to see your mortality then a person of accumulating years and loosening mind is worthy for us to engage :- Doug.

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loosed of her mind

Posted on June 21, 2015 by dgermann

Where can the person by Alzheimer’s loosed of her mind take us if we let loose of our needs? Is there some place more profound than we know? :- Doug.

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beyond competence

Posted on June 20, 2015 by dgermann

I am moving beyond competence. :- Doug.

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I’m old, growing

Posted on June 19, 2015 by dgermann

I’m old, growing. :- Doug.

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an old friend

Posted on June 18, 2015 by dgermann

It’s not unsafe to acknowledge a stranger across the room as an old friend. :- Doug.

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Do you ever get

Posted on June 17, 2015 by dgermann

When you peel and peel Do you for ever get Onion? :- Doug.

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Hope usually limits?

Posted on June 17, 2015 by dgermann

Hope usually limits Almost as much as despair? :- Doug.

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Alzheimer’s Development?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by dgermann

May we call it Alzheimer’s Development? :- Doug.

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