Category Archives: Caring
Shunted from one place to the next
It’s not just one and done—you get resuscitated when you don’t want it. You also can get shunted from one place to the next to the next by uncaring or unthinking “systems” of people. Marketing and overworked staff, people with … Continue reading
For the people not in them
Jenny would help Dad to the toilet and puree his food in between feeding her granddaughter and getting her husband’s supper after a day gathering eggs and snapping beans Now Jenny has a job or two she could quit go … Continue reading
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Out beside
I cannot have a handle on you But I can camp out beside :- Doug.
Suffer from Alzheimer’s?
Can people who have Alzheimer’s Disease suffer from it? Surely those around them do, and surely this person experiences pain. Pain is part of the human daily condition. But suffering is optional. We might wonder if, without memory of the … Continue reading
Wanted: Kindly person,
Wanted: Kindly person, lover of old folks, life, and spreadsheets :- Doug.
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When we could have been
Much of what we do is unthinking forgetting to engage our profundity and collateral effects detector So that if we think to promise Mom no nursing home we ought think about her sitting helplessly watching us kill ourselves While we … Continue reading
Don’t promise me no nursing homes
Please don’t promise me to never put me in a nursing home Instead, take me to visit my old home bring from there my favorite things But do not kill yourself cleaning after me, picking up my weight, cajoling me … Continue reading
Law is love put into words
Law is love put into words Law is therefore the child of love :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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treating each other well
Law is ultimately about people treating each other well Law is about love :- Doug.
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Are nursing homes boring?
Are nursing homes boring? Do they cause people to be bored? Are they arranged for boredom? Do some people who refuse to be bored get labeled as “acting out,” “non compliant,” and get medicated for it? Is this boring arrangement … Continue reading
The modern form of shunning
How might we restore life to those in the nursing home? Do we see folks in nursing homes as dead men and women walking? We need to assign blame in this to ourselves, and not to society in general: what … Continue reading
Courts are a utility
Courts are a utility. Courts are not a hindrance, but a way to get clarity and finality, commodities rare in our world. When you need water you go to the water utility, for electricity you go to a different place. … Continue reading