Last night I helped a family resolve how to get Dad the care he needs without impoverishing Mom. Here’s the hidden thing: I was helping them figure out their pattern to come together years from now when Mom and Dad … Continue reading →

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Family, syncopated

Posted on March 23, 2014 by dgermann

Family, turning to one another, is by that alone made both richer and simpler. We are symmetrical, resembling each other, and syncopated in the large. :- Doug.

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We make the world whole by turning to one another

Posted on March 22, 2014 by dgermann

We make the world whole by turning to one another. I help families turn to one another when one is seriously. :- Doug.

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Trying mainly to get through the conversation?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by dgermann

Are the medical people trying mainly to get through the conversation? Or to help the families in front of them? Am I? :- Doug.

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There may be miracles

Posted on March 20, 2014 by dgermann

There may be miracles, and there are no 1,000-year old humans. :- Doug.

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Alive when you die?

Posted on March 19, 2014 by dgermann

Will you be alive when you die? :- Doug.

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Bringing living

Posted on March 18, 2014 by dgermann

What living can we bring to later years? :- Doug.

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Ways of living the later years

Posted on March 17, 2014 by dgermann

Let’s invent ways of living in the later years. :- Doug.

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Do we belong?

Posted on March 16, 2014 by dgermann

Our clients belong to us But do we belong to them? :- Doug.

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Declaring possibility creates it

Posted on March 15, 2014 by dgermann

Declaring possibility creates it. :- Doug.

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Together we….

Posted on March 14, 2014 by dgermann

Together we…. :- Doug.

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Tear times

Posted on March 13, 2014 by dgermann

Tear times, good times. :- Doug.

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The courage

Posted on March 12, 2014 by dgermann

It is possible for families to come together. It is possible for families to live while they are dying, some sooner than others. It is possible to have good times in tear time. Tenderness toward one another, knowing and being … Continue reading →

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Engaged with one another

Posted on March 11, 2014 by dgermann

Encouraging the end of life conversation is an entry point, but the vision is bigger: Conversation on a rarer plane, made more common. Rare and common are not opposites but refer to qualities of the conversation. People thinking to converse … Continue reading →

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