Monthly Archives: September 2018
Sterile side-lights
We elder caring attorneys don’t think of POAs as sterile side-lights to Wills and Trusts. :- Doug.
A special question seat
Being a lawyer means much more than having a license and a shingle. We have learned to observe and see what matters and compare it to what has mattered through the ages. In working with—and caring for—elders we get a … Continue reading
Speak in novels and poetry
Speak O Elder to the grandchildren Speak in novels and poetry in music, dance, in things that last and things that don’t Speak in work and especially in play Speak in all your voices For the grandchildren :- Doug.
Tell me a story, grandchild
Tell me a story, grandchild elder. :- Doug.
Your blessing please
My blessing on you; your blessing please on me, says your grandchild elder. :- Doug.
Take in my meaning
Hear me: I am your grandchild elder; take in my meaning. :- Doug.
Lift their eyes
Lift their eyes. Ask your grandchild: What do you want for your grandchild? Why? Why again? :- Doug.
What we could have done
Grandchild elder, what do you see we could have done? :- Doug.
Meet; Counsel
Meet a grandchild elder; counsel together. :- Doug.
Give books and names
Give your grandchild a book and a name. A book to open a new way; a name to which to add stature. :- Doug.
The world will resist
This idea of the larger world responding to the nudges of the elders is worth exploring. The world will resist; why try? The world needs our nudges, and each will help, to that extent. So nudge away. :- Doug.
Causes your eyes to twinkle
Ancestor, how do you propose to love the grandchildren in a way that most affects their world for good? There are currently 7 billion ways; only a handful are yours; one causes your eyes to twinkle. :- Doug.
What responses will we meet?
As we change eldering, how will the larger world change in response? :- Doug.
Differences of dependencies
What is different about the dependence of infants and the dependence of the elders? Possibly: 99% of infants are on the same path; the elders are on varied paths to one terminus. :- Doug.
Merge our spirit?
Might we merge our spirit or consciousness with the 300 year grandchild elders? :- Doug.