Category Archives: Conversation

Butterflies are able

Posted on March 10, 2014 by dgermann

Butterflies are able in thinner air we are capable of rarer conversation :- Doug.

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What conversations bring Daddy alive?

Posted on March 9, 2014 by dgermann

What conversations bring Daddy alive? :- Doug.

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We do not hear

Posted on March 4, 2014 by dgermann

The profoundest words we do not hear come in our own voices or in that of our neighbor whom we don’t much like or in those of the persons around us everyday :- Doug.

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Hearing each other

Posted on March 3, 2014 by dgermann

Hearing each other Can recreate Our world :- Doug.

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What I have to say

Posted on March 2, 2014 by dgermann

What I have to say is not as important as what I have to hear is not as important as hearing each other :- Doug.

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Conversation is hard I can never get all I want I am thwarted, opposed On every side My ideas turn to mush My arguments fall apart And possibly my mind Caterpillar-like I travel On too many legs Do we all … Continue reading →

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I won’t ask you to agree with me

Posted on February 27, 2014 by dgermann

I won’t ask you to agree with me. I do hope you will see some of what I see, that you will help me see some of what you see. :- Doug.

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Thinking out loud

Posted on February 25, 2014 by dgermann

Thinking out loud Makes poetry Brings us closer :- Doug.

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If you live to that age….

Posted on February 19, 2014 by dgermann

If you live to that age what do you picture fills your days? :- Doug.

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in the telling Told

Posted on February 18, 2014 by dgermann

How we hold the conversation about living while we’re dying tells about us How we invite the conversation tells about us Where we don’t go The stories we tell The stories we won’t have All these our story in the … Continue reading →

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The game, the fun, can take us deeper

Posted on February 3, 2014 by dgermann

The game, the fun, can take us deeper. It is not surface, can be seen by all of us as deeper once we reflect. Deeper partially because of the pause to reflect, partially because of looking at things from a … Continue reading →

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Why a game?

Posted on February 2, 2014 by dgermann

Why a game? To get us to open up; get us thinking about dying; keep fun in it all; get us thinking more deeply about conversing with our families. :- Doug.

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Papa has “a touch the dementia”

Posted on January 22, 2014 by dgermann

Papa has “a touch the dementia” Mama knows better than the doctors, The financial planners and the lawyers, all Daughter’s emotions have static electricity Social Security says son’s intellect disables him The other daughter is overwhelmed By the financial numbers, … Continue reading →

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Questions we can ask our children to start the conversation

Posted on January 20, 2014 by dgermann

Questions we can ask our children to start the conversation: Do you remember when X died? What did you think of the decisions made? How would you like to be treated then? To what age would you like to live? … Continue reading →

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A palliative care lawyer?

Posted on January 19, 2014 by dgermann

Am I a palliative care lawyer? Alleviate pain, find wholeness where the old paths are no longer open…. :- Doug.

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How shall doctors learn the EOL conversation?

Posted on January 17, 2014 by dgermann

A study from the University of Washington and the Medical University of South Carolina revealed that when interns talked to patients about end of life matters found: 1. There was no difference in end of life care; and 2. Patients … Continue reading →