What if there were a connecting ease? All we have to do is settle into it? What if between us were all we needed, memory, consciousness, loving? :- Doug.

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Want in death?

Posted on July 14, 2016 by dgermann

What do we want in our death? Meaning. Value. Capstone. :- Doug.

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It can save your

Posted on July 13, 2016 by dgermann

Converse with your family now. It can save your death. :- Doug.

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This is precisely where the family voices prove most valuable: we get various points of view, so we can make more rounded decisions. The conversation now makes the conversation later more united, more peaceful, more focused. :- Doug.

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It helps you understand

Posted on July 11, 2016 by dgermann

Having the end of life conversation may be just as important to your understanding as to your family’s: You have wrestled with some of these questions so that when the actual question arises, you will know how to start picking … Continue reading →

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Let three breaths settle

Posted on July 6, 2016 by dgermann

Can we let three breaths settle in us before we respond to another? Otherwise this is going too fast for us. :- Doug.

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Crystal figurines we put on a shelf

Posted on June 23, 2016 by dgermann

We seek safety first for our elders as if they were crystal figurines we put on a shelf behind a glass door: pretty to look at but not to touch! Nonsense! Are they still living? Then they are still creating. … Continue reading →