A grocery sack full of photos my parents left who are these people? This picture was important—why? No longer any one to ask I threw out the bag and grieve :- Doug.

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You can’t save your parents from death

Posted on February 29, 2016 by dgermann

You can’t save your parents from death. As your parents find there are things they can no longer do, you are also losing something—your adequacy. You have not the money, the time, the energy, the wits to do everything for … Continue reading →

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leaving for the grandkids

Posted on February 28, 2016 by dgermann

Some things we are leaving for the grandkids to discover after we have died! :- Doug.

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Hinge generation

Posted on February 25, 2016 by dgermann

Another Country is telling me I am more a product of my times than I had realized. My desire to open up is in the time zone of the 60s, not of the 40s. So when clients tell me all … Continue reading →

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What did they expect?

Posted on February 22, 2016 by dgermann

What did they expect? Ask them. Get clear. For instance, getting sick and not having to call upon their purse or family for help? First, seek the best quality of life. Maybe we can conserve or regroup resources and income. … Continue reading →

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Deeper mysteries await

Posted on February 21, 2016 by dgermann

Deeper mysteries await; no, pull at us In age they beckon us daily Fog to ignore or explore, either unknowing The end of all our spiraling Brings our true selves, home, relatives: Maybe; or simply life as it grows on … Continue reading →

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as we grow older than they

Posted on February 19, 2016 by dgermann

The old-old are going through something we will need to know as we grow older than they. :- Doug.

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needing each other age

Posted on February 19, 2016 by dgermann

Needing each other age is our old-old age and every other age had we eyes :- Doug.

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commits you to a new path of life

Posted on February 15, 2016 by dgermann

What you do every moment of every day commits you to a new path of life choose with abandon :- Doug.

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We fear we will not be heard

Posted on February 14, 2016 by dgermann

We fear we will not be heard Even more We fear we will :- Doug.

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no deeper than this

Posted on February 12, 2016 by dgermann

We have a bigger than our own want to fill—we each want to help. It is possible humanity goes no deeper than this. :- Doug.

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What is the elder fun?

Posted on February 11, 2016 by dgermann

What is the elder fun of having a life of my own? of being complete in myself? enjoy myself enjoy those in my presence :- Doug.

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The last years

Posted on February 10, 2016 by dgermann

The last years, our last things we do and say for and to each other—these I want to explore for our family and legal growth. :- Doug.

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The past

Posted on February 8, 2016 by dgermann

The past recent or distant not only think about but mostly process find our new relation to it who we are who we will be now :- Doug.

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