Monthly Archives: April 2012
Our elders: a resource we’re wasting.
Our elders: a resource we’re wasting. :- Doug.
turn our heads when lost
We often get stuck in what’s not working, what’s the problem. Let us resolve to turn our heads when lost and see what is working. In our families, when we are hurt or afraid and want to pull away, we … Continue reading
Untangling the emotions
Yesterday I met with two sisters to converse about care for Mom. The meeting grew heated; one was dog tired. The sisters have a need to continue as family. Both need to find a way to deal with their emotions. … Continue reading
Playing well together
In families we love to devise ways to play well together. Does more experience with playing together help us? Does more experience with playing well together help us? :- Doug.
Affording you as client
If at the start you have to ask what a service will cost, maybe I cannot afford you as a client. Maybe you are so hung up on money that you will be blinded to doing what you need. That … Continue reading
Don’t count on the VA….
Don’t count on the Veteran’s Administration or even Medicaid for all your Long-Term Care. You still need love: a kind touch, a cold wash cloth. :- Doug.
Given Mom’s dementia or decline….
Given this—Dad’s dementia or Mom’s decline—how can we fit together, now? What are our special gifts, needs, fears and visions, and what’s possible with us? :- Doug.
Indiana Premier: Last Will & Embezzlement
Friends– Come out and see, without cost, the Indiana premier of the documentary (featuring Mickey Rooney), “Last Will and Embezzlement.” Wednesday evening, May 30, 2012, at the O’Laughlin Auditorium at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. Doors open 6:00 pm, … Continue reading
What can we find?
What can we find in elder conversation? :- Doug.
Will me a secret
Will me a secret Playful one Will me a piece of junk That I have the fun Of figuring why you’d Will me that Secret :- Doug.
Retirement: bringing family closer
There is another image coming for me today: retirement, our own later years, turning them purposely toward bringing family closer together. We work and play with these our family members, children, grandchildren, sister, brother, individually and together. With renewed intention … Continue reading
I am not the expert
I am not the expert. I am not here to teach you anything. You are the experts. You will teach—and invent me and each other. :- Doug.
Financial planning these days….
Much financial planning these days is grounded in an unstated end game of self sufficiency. It’s all about me. We will not rely upon our children in our retirement, we will do what we want. We will not even involve … Continue reading