Category Archives: Caring
important to us
We need to do what is important to us. :- Doug.
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caring for one another
When it comes to end of life caring for one another, let us preempt the culture. :- Doug.
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open and trade
What I open is my heart What I trade is my story :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Now I don’t matter
Now I don’t matter I don’t care I don’t know the difference Your actions speak Even in Now My individuality matters I am not a thing Grist for your mill A task in your list I am A person Who … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Caring, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Safe is the base
Safe is the base not the best we can do for our elders :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Long-Term Care and nursing homes, Poetry
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Evidence based
Evidence based is a term of endearment in the medical and academic communities. It is otherwise for me. I see it as a way we avoid coming to grips with real people. It converts everyone and every story into a … Continue reading
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Invitation
I tend toward anger when my heart is not received. Strange! I should tend toward compassion. Compassion for the other. Compassion for my own soul wanting to feel and express anger over the hurt. It is OK to fight, I … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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My long suit
My long suit is long, deepening conversation. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness
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share hearts
This is a work that lets me share my heart. :- Doug.
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Alive inside Alzheimer’s
Started watching a video last night called “Alive Inside.” It is about music and memory, using music on ipods to awaken folks who have turned inside with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Some top people are interviewed and some science is shared, … Continue reading
A commodity Will
You want a commodity Will: That is not the kind of Will I do, and no one does well for you who does that. Every Will is for a particular person. The Wills of Husbands and Wives always mean different … Continue reading
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You can have a great heart
You can have a great heart here. :- Doug.
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can we trust
can we trust one another to meet all our needs? :- Doug.
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get very very still and see what happens
Let’s get very very still and see what happens. In our family, our circle, our our. :- Doug.
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more effective in our family?
How can we become more effective in our family inter-relating on behalf of our elders—and our family as a whole? :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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