If to be alive has value to experience to see your mortality then a person of accumulating years and loosening mind is worthy for us to engage :- Doug.

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loosed of her mind

Posted on June 21, 2015 by dgermann

Where can the person by Alzheimer’s loosed of her mind take us if we let loose of our needs? Is there some place more profound than we know? :- Doug.

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beyond competence

Posted on June 20, 2015 by dgermann

I am moving beyond competence. :- Doug.

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I’m old, growing

Posted on June 19, 2015 by dgermann

I’m old, growing. :- Doug.

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an old friend

Posted on June 18, 2015 by dgermann

It’s not unsafe to acknowledge a stranger across the room as an old friend. :- Doug.

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Dentist office

Posted on June 14, 2015 by dgermann

Dentist office waiting room mother showing child a drawing toy together shaping creating the man in the boy :- Doug.

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Alzheimer’s stage

Posted on June 13, 2015 by dgermann

Maybe Alzheimer’s is not a disease A stage of human development Beyond :- Doug.

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we set fruit

Posted on June 10, 2015 by dgermann

We flower, we leaf, we set fruit we shed our leaves, our seeds sprout we wither, we die, we go on :- Doug.

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My brokenness

Posted on June 9, 2015 by dgermann

My brokenness is my art :- Doug.

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the voice for the soul of this community

Posted on June 8, 2015 by dgermann

I see we can be the voice for the soul of this community. :- Doug.

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Mary Jo died this morning

Posted on June 6, 2015 by dgermann

Mary Jo died this morning another string is severed like when my parents died again and more we float free :- Doug.

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Where the tunnels intersect

Posted on May 26, 2015 by dgermann

Deeper is where the tunnels intersect. :- Doug.

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our comfort

Posted on May 25, 2015 by dgermann

Disorientation may be our comfort. :- Doug.

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higher level of caring

Posted on May 22, 2015 by dgermann

We are in a position to foster—to generate—a new and higher level of caring for elders in our community. :- Doug.

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