Author Archives: dgermann

About dgermann

Elder Caring Lawyer

Parted:

Posted on February 21, 2014 by dgermann

Parted: Learning there is, Growing, Becoming conscious, In parting :- Doug.

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Caring means

Posted on February 20, 2014 by dgermann

Caring means we don’t just provide care to you, we care about you. :- Doug.

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If you live to that age….

Posted on February 19, 2014 by dgermann

If you live to that age what do you picture fills your days? :- Doug.

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in the telling Told

Posted on February 18, 2014 by dgermann

How we hold the conversation about living while we’re dying tells about us How we invite the conversation tells about us Where we don’t go The stories we tell The stories we won’t have All these our story in the … Continue reading →

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Que sera, sera?

Posted on February 17, 2014 by dgermann

Why do we have battles with cancer or whatever is going to take us? Why do we insist on fighting our bodies what remains of our living? Did we ever own que sera, sera? :- Doug.

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To cause someone to laugh

Posted on February 16, 2014 by dgermann

To cause someone to laugh Is to love them :- Doug.

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Why do you want to live?

Posted on February 15, 2014 by dgermann

Why do you want to live? Meaning: For what purpose? With whom? What gives those few days meaning? Their mere number? The people and doings in them? :- Doug.

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knowledge of medicine, tender, tough?

Posted on February 14, 2014 by dgermann

What characteristics would you want in someone making big medical decisions for you: good head, good heart, imagination, knowledge of medicine, tender, tough? :- Doug.

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Would you focus on technology?

Posted on February 13, 2014 by dgermann

If you were approaching death, would you focus on quality of life, or on the technology of medicine? :- Doug.

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Fake funeral notices

Posted on February 12, 2014 by dgermann

Friends– The FTC has issued an alert about fake funeral notices. You get an email with something like “funeral notification” in the subject line. It may look like it came from a legitimate funeral home. It invites you to click … Continue reading →

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What is white

Posted on February 12, 2014 by dgermann

What is white Must come down :- Doug.

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Years spent caring for an older person: rewarding?

Posted on February 11, 2014 by dgermann

Have you spent months or years caring for a parent or person older than you? Despite the difficulties, was it rewarding? Please share examples…. :- Doug.

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The skirt of the evergreen

Posted on February 10, 2014 by dgermann

The skirt of the evergreen is lovely in white and green and black the old lady will add to her skirt in spring and I seldom notice save on snowy days like today do I see when she dances with … Continue reading →

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the longer it takes to retrieve

Posted on February 9, 2014 by dgermann

The more you know the longer it takes to retrieve it with computers we off-load some of this to archive perhaps we try to expand our memory by off-loading to our spouses! :- Doug.

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May you Whee!

Posted on February 8, 2014 by dgermann

May you Whee! Whee! seems to fill Heart and mind, you and friend, Spaces between, O, spaces between, Rhythm in, rhythm all about Sometimes we are not here Someplace else we are…or not at all Smaller than Whee! could be … Continue reading →

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strength in vulnerability

Posted on February 7, 2014 by dgermann

There is strength in vulnerability, just as there is vulnerability in strength. :- Doug.

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This baby giggles

Posted on February 6, 2014 by dgermann

This baby giggles in your arms: sacred moment that cherishes you :- Doug.

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