When Mom is pulled up by the roots Replanted in a nursing home We are ripped apart There is a hole in the garden Or we can see the garden wider Extending to the nursing home Fertilized by love What … Continue reading →

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Love letters to our families

Posted on July 8, 2012 by dgermann

Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Personal Care Agreements, Living Wills, end of life caring, Long-Term Caring: I help people write love letters to their families. :- Doug.

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The challenges and joys of eldering?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by dgermann

What are the challenges and joys of eldering? :- Doug.

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What are the questions?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by dgermann

What are the questions we should be asking about elder years to get us where we want to go? :- Doug.

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Invite conversations of life and.

Posted on June 27, 2012 by dgermann

I invite conversations of life and. :- Doug.

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O Elder!

Posted on June 8, 2012 by dgermann

O Elder! You generate centuries! You generate me! You generate us! :- Doug.

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Not a beginning nor ending

Posted on June 6, 2012 by dgermann

For the family, birth or death of one of its members is a chapter, an event to be marked, yet not a beginning nor ending. Something is lost and something gained: through all, the whole grows. How does your family … Continue reading →

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First years, last years

Posted on May 30, 2012 by dgermann

What’s the same for first years and last are soft food, help with walking, incontinence. Might a difference be in our rhythms? Infants are constantly going, their arms and legs and faces a continual moving picture. Oldsters seem to be … Continue reading →

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Your question as an act of service

Posted on May 29, 2012 by dgermann

What is the most profound question you could ask yourself as you think about end of life? How is that an act of service? :- Doug.

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The last three days:

Posted on May 29, 2012 by dgermann

The last three days: Who is there? What is the work you are doing? Is it all about you, or are you eldering your children and grandchildren? :- Doug.

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Slow the rhythms

Posted on May 27, 2012 by dgermann

What are the most health stimulating, wholeness inducing rhythms we can employ in elder caring lawyering? Slow the rhythms, open: allowing for all voices to be heard, from piccolo to bassoon, from kettle drum to marimba, from plaintive violin to … Continue reading →

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When we are dying, how can we help our family?

Posted on May 25, 2012 by dgermann

When we are dying, what can we do to help our family? What does my death teach them? My life? How profound can we be for them? :- Doug.

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Preparing your children?

Posted on May 18, 2012 by dgermann

What are you doing to prepare your children for your death? :- Doug.

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