Monthly Archives: June 2012

Potent disjunction

Potent disjunction Disjunction: disparity, diversity, wholeness, fullness, roundness Potent: possible, powerful, wholeness, fullness, creative Our family: potent disjunction calling us forth :- Doug.

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When do we die well?

When do we die well? I’d thinking it is when we die our own death: when we die where and with whom we choose; when we are in the state of mind and heart we want. We don’t all get … Continue reading

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not primarily legal

The end of life conversation is not only or primarily legal. The end of life conversation is not only or primarily medical. The end of life conversation is not only but is primarily familial—of the human family. :- Doug.

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Elder fun

Friends– http://www.deepfun.com/fun/category/theory/elder-fun/ :- Doug.

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Invite conversations of life and.

I invite conversations of life and. :- Doug.

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Law is not about forcing someone

Law is not about forcing someone to do what you want, but about inventing your way to live together, to thrive together. :- Doug.

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3 Tools to start the end of life conversation

Friends– Here is an excellent article with really good advice: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/03/3-tools-start-life-conversation.html We would all do well to read it! :- Doug.

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Do you have soft edges?

This lawyer has soft edges. :- Doug.

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Have they forgotten…?

Yesterday they put Mom in the nursing home This morning dropped the kids at the day care Now they can get on with their life Have they forgotten their life is Mom, is the kids? Have they forgotten their life? … Continue reading

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Are we making family?

Are we making family while we’re in the midst of crisis? :- Doug.

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Do we have time for family in crisis?

Do we have time to make family when we’re in the middle of crisis? Which is more important? :- Doug.

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Changing what it means to be this family….

When you get together to work your way through your setting you are finding and making your family. What it means to be this family will change for ever. :- Doug.

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When we’re turning a page….

What does it mean to be family when we’re turning a page? How do we make family? :- Doug.

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Not a problem: a paradox

Our tribe is not A problem for solving But a paradox To be lived, loved, Made ever more whole :- Doug.

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Family is unlimited

Family is unlimited—let’s test and see. :- Doug.

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A process for making families whole

Family council is a process for making families whole. :- Doug. Family council is a process for making families whole.

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In family council

In family council we test what it means to be family—this family. We test—we find—we make. :- Doug.

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