Monthly Archives: February 2011
You don’t need a Living Will….
You don’t need a Living Will, you need the conversation. :- Doug.
Quick, get me to a TV show!
Quick, get me to a TV show! Since the TV patients who get CPR survive 67% of the time, and those in the hospital only 6.5 to 15%, and the ones on TV recover fully, then if I need CPR, … Continue reading
Ripped apart
When Mom is pulled up by the roots Replanted in a nursing home We are ripped apart There is a hole in the garden Or we can see the garden wider Extending to the nursing home Fertilized by love What … Continue reading
Making our nursing home experience whole
We can make our family experience of nursing home and assisted living whole. We can spiral out and care for others to make their experience whole. Our country will not be made whole by compressing from borders in, but only … Continue reading
The sacred among us
This work is about what is sacred among us. Can we recognize the sacred among us? Even in law, in our own family, in nursing homes, in declining elders? What is that sacred? Is it not the love? Is it … Continue reading
“It really is so simple and easy to be close in Spirit”
A friend of mine, Mikk Sarv, from Estonia, while early in his own most personal grieving work, wrote “It is really so simple and easy to be close in Spirit.” How have you experienced this? I see it is about … Continue reading
With Alzheimer’s the call is to
With Alzheimer’s, the call for separation and individualism is gone; our task now is to intertwine the sprouts and roots of family. :- Doug.
Letters to Grandchildren
Use this space to try out writing letters to you grandchildren—things you have learned that could significantly help them live more fully, wholly. Simply choose to “Leave a reply” below, then start typing or pasting. :- Doug.
How could it help…?
How could it help to get families engaged with their elders? :- Doug.