Category Archives: Family

& I took the path…

& I, I took the path, thought I, less traveled by as if that made all the difference but difference I learned is not the truth, does not exist what exists is our connection to the whole each of us … Continue reading

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To make us disappear

To make us disappear To live toward our death This is what we are about Every day & month & year Not fearing but courting When we seek to be part To fit in, to have faith & esprit de … Continue reading

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How do we want to be present…?

How do we want to be present when we die? :- Doug.

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More folded?

How can we be more folded into one another’s lives? :- Doug.

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In dying why focus on family?

When someone is dying, why focus on the family? The heart of all of them is dying. :- Doug.

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Helping families coalesce

We are helping families coalesce. :- Doug.

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My job is to shake up

My job is to shake up a bit those folks under my care to get them to do good for their family, their community, and themselves. :- Doug.

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We cannot plan for the future

We cannot plan for the future —Unknowable as it is— We can notice its aroma Scan into the morning mist Dress for the weather :- Doug.

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Stand in for theirs

Contribute also your curiosity and courage—your wings and heart to stand in for theirs when necessary. :- Doug.

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The gift of one another

Open hand The gift of one another Open heart The gift of one another Lean into our circle As human as you can Offer and accept our highest The gift of one another :- Doug.

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What is the pattern of our family?

What is the pattern of our family? :- Doug.

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Medicine is

Medicine is a friend touching your hand in the hospital, a doctor kindly telling you it is OK to say good-bye to your husband, another doctor saying people only die because I do not know enough to keep them alive. … Continue reading

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Don’t make me fight

Don’t make me fight when I don’t want to anymore. :- Doug.

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The velocity of our lives

We can know velocity of our lives and our financial position and our direction, but at most two at a given time: the third will be undefinable. :- Doug.

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It is up to us as well

How will we know when it’s time to say goodbye? Because it is up to us as well. We know it is up to us because we have seen people stay around for a holiday or a grandchild’s wedding, or … Continue reading

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What do we mean by “burden?”

What do we mean by “burden?” Can we put a picture to it? Do we mean divorcing ourselves from our children’s lives? Ripping ourselves out like weeds from the garden? :- Doug.

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Right living in your last days?

What is right living in your last days? :- Doug.

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