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?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by dgermann

This lawyer has soft edges. :- Doug.

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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?

Posted on June 23, 2012 by dgermann

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?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by dgermann

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….

Posted on June 21, 2012 by dgermann

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….

Posted on June 20, 2012 by dgermann

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

Posted on June 19, 2012 by dgermann

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

Posted on June 18, 2012 by dgermann

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

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A process for making families whole

Posted on June 17, 2012 by dgermann

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

Posted on June 16, 2012 by dgermann

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

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Should family stay together?

Posted on June 15, 2012 by dgermann

When you are considering Long-Term Care for Mom or Dad, is family important? Is it important to you that your family works together, stays together? Then getting together on purpose in a way that gets all possibilities and all issues … Continue reading →

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How important is family?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by dgermann

How important is family to us now? :- Doug.

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What is our nature in this family?

Posted on June 13, 2012 by dgermann

What is our nature in this family? What is our responsibility? What is our possibility? :- Doug.

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