Category Archives: Family
Weeding another’s garden
Weeding another’s garden A task I now own I’d hoped but not so easily done More work than I thought Why’d they give me this job? I have other things to do The weeds among the flowers The vegetables need … Continue reading
Posted in Estates: Administration & Probate, Family, Poetry
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Is tells us Do
Is tells us Do Emergency! How do you make the best decisions for your loved one in a medical emergency? You need to converse. The conversation’s words do not give a recipe for what to do; we cannot cover every … Continue reading
Would you like a way?
Would you like to have a way to get your family talking about emergency medical decisions? :- Doug.
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Is conversation important to your family?
Is conversation important to your family? What conversation would be especially important? :- Doug.
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Before you visit your lawyer for your Will
Before you visit your lawyer for your Will, visit your journaling pad. Complete this sentence: My daughter, my son, I want for you…. :- Doug.
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Grandparent to grandchild questions
Grandparent to grandchild questions: —What do you think the birds see when they look down at us? —What do the trees see? —What does your angel think about you? :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Family
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Shh. Yes, you are fragile
Shh. Yes, you are fragile No, that is not all right But you are as all of us & together & alone We get to where we can Share this fragility There is strength here too Among us :- Doug.
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What questions?
What questions do you need to ask each other? What do you need to say? :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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deepening participation of families
Elder work is about deepening the participation of families with their elders, finding what generates life among them. :- Doug.
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carries a sacred function:
Conversation carries a sacred function. It bears a generative force, for what we can speak can be; what we hear can be. Conversation is holy work because it is about hearing hope out into the open where it can go … Continue reading
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She gave up
She gave up a career to care for her mother, declining but all she gave away was ambition to get the giving :- Doug.
Posted in Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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What good could 20 ordinary folks do…?
What good could 20 ordinary folks do together that one keep-it-for-my-own person won’t? :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Way to start a grandparent’s tale:
Way to start a grandparent’s tale: In a land of surprise this is what happened tomorrow. :- Doug.
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family & life & dreams
At this market we are selling completeness and wholeness of family & life & dreams :- Doug.
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What you say to your grandchildren matters
What you say to your grandchildren matters. What message do you have for each? What you say does not matter. For each of them who are you? :- Doug.
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