Monthly Archives: January 2014
It’s the challenge
It’s the challenge which makes family difficult & games & life & love fun :- Doug.
Repairing our family?
Aren’t we about making whole, repairing the world, at least of our family, bringing parent and child together? And isn’t that difficult, dangerous work? :- Doug.
We
We Play together Learn each other Frustrate Make demands Get angry Want to pull away Stay together Reopen Respond Play gently Let go expectations Embrace Take time out Take turns Change sides Change rules Become new again Vivid Fun Unanticipated … Continue reading
the root of all challenges
O save us from conflict Battles and wars Competitors, rivals, enemies everywhere But the root of all challenges Is with one another: our connection :- Doug.
We become more creative when
We become more creative when our heads are open. And hearts. :- Doug.
On the trail
I’m on the trail of parent and child finding new ways to care for one another. :- Doug.
Telemedicine to keep you at home
Friends– Here’s an article from CNBC about a non-profit in Pennsylvania trying out telemedicine: essentially it looks to be a monitoring device that allows nurses and doctors to be alerted if you fall or have other needs. Thus, for some … Continue reading
Papa has “a touch the dementia”
Papa has “a touch the dementia” Mama knows better than the doctors, The financial planners and the lawyers, all Daughter’s emotions have static electricity Social Security says son’s intellect disables him The other daughter is overwhelmed By the financial numbers, … Continue reading
A palliative care lawyer?
Am I a palliative care lawyer? Alleviate pain, find wholeness where the old paths are no longer open…. :- Doug.
11 business startups to help with aging
Friends– Maybe business will figure out that we Boomers might be a good market. Here are 11 startups Aging 2.0 thinks might be good: http://www.geripal.org/2013/11/innovation-and-aging-11-generator-startups.html :- Doug.
Finding the bridges between persons
If you are trying to find the bridges between persons, you are the one who first has to lay aside assumptions and exercise curiosity. :- Doug.
My grandmother plaited her hair
My grandmother plaited her hair Never the same, always beauty Now I live among complex adaptive structures :- Doug.