Category Archives: Family

Can we take seriously our grandchildren?

Posted on September 2, 2016 by dgermann

Can we take seriously ourselves, our grandchildren, life, & love? :- Doug.

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& galaxies of boys & girls & fishes & fjords

Posted on September 1, 2016 by dgermann

Tell your grandchildren your story, our story the one story of stardust & galaxies of stars & galaxies of livers, stomachs, & legs & galaxies of boys & girls & fishes & fjords & galaxies still to be birthed :- … Continue reading →

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wise without?

Posted on August 28, 2016 by dgermann

Can one be wise without other people? :- Doug.

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A connecting thing

Posted on August 28, 2016 by dgermann

One of the most connecting things we can do is to hear another. :- Doug.

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never knowing their fathers

Posted on August 24, 2016 by dgermann

Adopted. Orphaned. We think them the only ones never knowing their fathers Many of us will outlive ours having lost our chance to converse :- Doug.

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We only have us

Posted on July 30, 2016 by dgermann

We have only us We have as much as us :- Doug.

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Thoreau could liver for a year on one

Posted on July 28, 2016 by dgermann

Thoreau could live for a year on one opportunity to be heard; so we. :- Doug.

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Between us, all we need

Posted on July 19, 2016 by dgermann

What if there were a connecting ease? All we have to do is settle into it? What if between us were all we needed, memory, consciousness, loving? :- Doug.

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waves in the same pool

Posted on July 17, 2016 by dgermann

When we treat one person and not ourselves and that person as part of the fabric, we are pulling apart from the person, we are ripping the fabric, we are working against helping the person. If memory and thinking and … Continue reading →

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Memory exists between people

Posted on July 15, 2016 by dgermann

It is possible, given that socialization seems to protect memory, that memory exists between people: the more it is activated between, the more each holographic member remembers. The same seems true of thinking. :- Doug.

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Want in death?

Posted on July 14, 2016 by dgermann

What do we want in our death? Meaning. Value. Capstone. :- Doug.

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It can save your

Posted on July 13, 2016 by dgermann

Converse with your family now. It can save your death. :- Doug.

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family voices

Posted on July 12, 2016 by dgermann

This is precisely where the family voices prove most valuable: we get various points of view, so we can make more rounded decisions. The conversation now makes the conversation later more united, more peaceful, more focused. :- Doug.

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It helps you understand

Posted on July 11, 2016 by dgermann

Having the end of life conversation may be just as important to your understanding as to your family’s: You have wrestled with some of these questions so that when the actual question arises, you will know how to start picking … Continue reading →

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Let three breaths settle

Posted on July 6, 2016 by dgermann

Can we let three breaths settle in us before we respond to another? Otherwise this is going too fast for us. :- Doug.

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Is my heart at war?

Posted on July 3, 2016 by dgermann

Is my heart at war? A longer view could release The butterfly’s wings :- Doug.

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Safety is not the main thing in elder caring:

Posted on June 30, 2016 by dgermann

Safety is not the main thing in elder caring: love is. :- Doug.

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