Author Archives: dgermann
Where’s the needle, where’s the thread?
When Mom’s mind begins to crack and shrivel We want to go retrieve the pieces From our remembered store Even though we know There’s no thread to stitch Memory to flesh :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Aswim
Aswim in the ocean of Galaxies & universes is Our particular world of Little paychecks & big super stores & Momma’s in the nursing home :- Doug.
VA offering caregiver support services
The Veteran’s Administration has just begun promoting its newly enhanced caregiver support services, and are especially targeting their information campaign at post 9-11 vets. But the program is for veterans of all eras. Some of the services offered to people … Continue reading
Posted in Long-Term Care and nursing homes, News
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Gaining a bigger picture, greater depth
Longer conversations give us all a bigger picture and greater depth. :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Healing and Wholeness
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take time to make conversation
Let us take time to make conversation that just might make wholeness. :- Doug.
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I met a man yesterday….
I met a man yesterday who in the twentieth year of his retirement, despite, maybe because of, physical disabilities, reads a book a day. His mind is sharp, his handshake firm, and he smiles a lot at a world he … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Eldering
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What is right for Bob?
What is right for Bob? What would make his moments and hours better, relieve his pains of whatever nature? From his point of view? What if you were someone else’s child visiting him while you were visiting theirs? Does it … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Long-Term Care and nursing homes
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What would family wholeness look like for your family?
What would family wholeness look like for your family? :- Doug. What would family wholeness look like for your family?
Posted in Family, Healing and Wholeness
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How do we make this a better place for our elders? Converse! Engage.
How do we make this a better place for our elders? Converse! Engage. :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering
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Found: Caring in an uncaring system
Found: Caring in an uncaring system :- Doug.
This healing, wholing practice:
The healing, wholing practice of the lawyer, and of the community disorganizer is bringing us together, turning us to one another. :- Doug.
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The first work: live fully
The first work is to help families and communities live as fully as they can, whatever their stage of life: sick and fragile; young and athletic; wise and seeking the holy. All alive can live well now. :- Doug.
Posted in Family, Healing and Wholeness
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I am about conversations to make better emergency medical decisions.
I am about conversations to make better emergency medical decisions. :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Emergency/Crisis Medical
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Care can be seen as something done to an It; Caring is how friends are kind to one another.
Care can be seen as something done to an It; Caring is how friends are kind to one another. :- Doug.
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Let us be kind people helping kind people.
Let us be kind people helping kind people. :- Doug.
Why is “I love you” important to us?
What are the 100 important daily things you want to do up to the moment you die? The things that make living worth going on? Last night I asked this of a group of people and got responses like Ride … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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