If you want to make it to a wedding or graduation, how? How do you want to be there? What will it look like? Will you be using a walker or in a wheelchair? In a bed with a ventilator … Continue reading →

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this time is profound

Posted on March 27, 2015 by dgermann

What have you seen around dying that’s profound? :- Doug.

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Why do we from the hospital

Posted on March 26, 2015 by dgermann

Why do we from the hospital Seek home? It is the place of life Where we are known And live What does this say about How we hospital? :- Doug.

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Love your fear

Posted on March 26, 2015 by dgermann

Slow down. Dive deep. With these people. Love your fear. :- Doug.

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Frame the lead

Posted on March 25, 2015 by dgermann

Remember to live while you’re dying. Memento vivere dum mori. :- Doug.

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dying hooked up

Posted on March 23, 2015 by dgermann

Dying hooked up to beeping machines is a failure of imagination :- Doug.

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It takes all the imagination

Posted on March 23, 2015 by dgermann

It takes all the imagination together we can muster to live fully when we are dying :- Doug.

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Let’s imagine

Posted on March 23, 2015 by dgermann

Let’s imagine days full of living with one another :- Doug.

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Is it about how long you live

Posted on March 17, 2015 by dgermann

Is it about how long you live Or how much you live? How would you make your days Full of life? Some prefer quantity because they Can’t imagine How to fill days with life :- Doug.

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It is not right to give up

Posted on March 17, 2015 by dgermann

It is not right to give up We need to sustain Mother’s life But give up what? Beeping machines, blood draws at 2 am, Strangers changing her diaper? Holding a grandchild? Recognizing her husband? :- Doug.

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