Category Archives: Family
strength in vulnerability
There is strength in vulnerability, just as there is vulnerability in strength. :- Doug.
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This baby giggles
This baby giggles in your arms: sacred moment that cherishes you :- Doug.
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The game, the fun, can take us deeper
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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It’s the challenge
It’s the challenge which makes family difficult & games & life & love fun :- Doug.
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Repairing our family?
Aren’t we about making whole, repairing the world, at least of our family, bringing parent and child together? And isn’t that difficult, dangerous work? :- Doug.
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We
We Play together Learn each other Frustrate Make demands Get angry Want to pull away Stay together Reopen Respond Play gently Let go expectations Embrace Take time out Take turns Change sides Change rules Become new again Vivid Fun Unanticipated … Continue reading
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the root of all challenges
O save us from conflict Battles and wars Competitors, rivals, enemies everywhere But the root of all challenges Is with one another: our connection :- Doug.
We become more creative when
We become more creative when our heads are open. And hearts. :- Doug.
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On the trail
I’m on the trail of parent and child finding new ways to care for one another. :- Doug.
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Papa has “a touch the dementia”
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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Finding the bridges between persons
If you are trying to find the bridges between persons, you are the one who first has to lay aside assumptions and exercise curiosity. :- Doug.
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Think not
Think not: meet. :- Doug.
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the all of us, the together of us
Engage, consciously engage, the all of the all of us, and the together of us: here is how we progress, here is how we love. :- Doug.
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