Category Archives: Family
A Will we write
A Will we write Together With our spouse With our grandchildren to the 7th generation With our tasks and causes Our blessings and curses Our dreams and nightmares Our ancestors Our humankindness Together, only together :- Doug.
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The poetry of your life
The poetry of your life— where does it reside? in sons and daughters wives and husbands places we’ve lived jobs we’ve given up work which grew us tasks we were called to perhaps against our wills scraps of life we … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Eldering, Family, Poetry
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Your heirs will sing
What would cause the lives of our heirs to sing? Let us think about our heirs, our children, our grandchildren: What kind of a sense of humor does she have? What are his interests? With what does her imagination soar? … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Wills
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What worlds create?
With a Will What worlds Can we Create? What ideals Now populate? What hearts Evocate? :- Doug.
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families come together
Good happens when families come together :- Doug.
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Your Will is not for ever
Your Will is not for ever —Re-read every two years Your love is not said and done —Repeat often :- Doug.
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Crotchety is okety-fine
Crotchety is okety-fine when conversing: just stand clear of our itty bitty egoity keep to our universality! :- Doug.
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Why we are frustrated with one another
We’re frustrated with one another and so we shout at “them.” We’re frustrated with one another because we have forgotten how to dialogue. We don’t know how to hear, how to meet. :- Doug.
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Before we part….
Make our next appointment before we part. :- Doug.
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The important thing
The important thing is that we converse. :- Doug.
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We can live until we die
We can live until we die giving receiving giving —a respiration :- Doug.
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Conversing about emergency medical decisions = loving
To have the conversation about emergency medical decisions is a loving thing to do—for them and for you. It makes their soul-searching easier when they are deciding for you, it allows them to know they are doing the last most … Continue reading
News: MetLife Study of Elder Financial Abuse
Here is an updated study: http://www.metlife.com/mmi/research/elder-financial-abuse.html :- Doug.
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