Author Archives: dgermann

About dgermann

Elder Caring Lawyer

Put humor

Find and put humor into your stories. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

First, self

First, open your self. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

Boggle daily

Three hundred years is at once beyond imagination and within imagination. We stretch. We boggle our daily minds. We think bigger. We respond to issues and opportunities of lineage and species. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

Wonderful tie

This may be a wonderful tie, but it’s not Superman’s cape. :- Doug.

Posted in Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Some diaper

Some days you’re the baby, some days you’re the diaper. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Healing and Wholeness | Leave a comment

Most troubling

About what do you want to dialogue this morning? What struck you, what needs to be said, about what do you want others’ thoughts? What’s the most meaningful, most troubling part? :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation | Leave a comment

“Story” too big

Sometimes “story” is too big a task. Think of episodes, little chance events that spoke to you. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

Humanity really

I want humanity to work for really real. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

Story ambit?

What is the ambit of your story? The circle of your compassion? :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Poetry | Leave a comment

Don’t make memories

Don’t make memories Make stories happen: Good and real :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering, Poetry | Leave a comment

Write a true story

Write a true story from your life for your friends. Rewrite it to tell to 9-12 year old grandchildren. Rewrite it again to tell to 300 year grandchildren elders. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

Retell later

Retell the story as if to a different—a later—audience. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

Hear stories

I’m training myself to hear the stories. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering | Leave a comment

Efforts worthwhile

We give ourselves to efforts worthwhile as vessels to be emptied and filled :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering, Poetry | Leave a comment

Ever branching

Use lots of ellipses…life’s process seems ever branching. :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering, Healing and Wholeness | Leave a comment

Story behind

Sounds like there may be a story behind that question. :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness | Leave a comment

Humanity grows

Humanity grows by accumulating its many small stories :- Doug.

Posted in Eldering, Poetry | Leave a comment