Category Archives: Grieving

human wellspring

Posted on April 22, 2021 by dgermann

Attend the suffering of others a human wellspring :- Doug.

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we find our stuff

Posted on April 9, 2021 by dgermann

Just here, in tragedy, we find our stuff. Just here, in our joy and their need. :- Doug.

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A water we cannot see across

Posted on July 26, 2020 by dgermann

A water we cannot see across Of this we stand in need A brink we must visit and visit :- Doug.

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Hardest there is

Posted on May 22, 2020 by dgermann

This requires thinking—the hardest work there is. :- Doug.

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Crisis changed family

Posted on May 19, 2020 by dgermann

This crisis has changed your family. In what ways would you like it to change you as a family and personally? :- Doug.

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Whom they will be

Posted on May 18, 2020 by dgermann

Families become whom they will be after Dad is in the nursing home, and dies. :- Doug.

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Medical less important?

Posted on May 6, 2020 by dgermann

What ought your dying look like? What if the medical issues were not the most important thing? :- Doug.

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Asks of us

Posted on March 19, 2020 by dgermann

Living asks of us Dying asks of us Grieving asks of us :- Doug.

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Get over answers

Posted on July 9, 2019 by dgermann

Get over needing an answer. :- Doug.

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Mourning brings

Posted on May 21, 2019 by dgermann

Mourning brings us together. :- Doug.

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Diminishes frees lays

Posted on April 28, 2019 by dgermann

Every death diminishes me perhaps frees me and others lays on me responsibility :- Doug.

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Before they died

Posted on April 28, 2019 by dgermann

People die and the world changes and probably changed before they did :- Doug.

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Can we cure grief?

Posted on June 6, 2018 by dgermann

We are not about curing grief. Can we cure grief? We are not about getting beyond grief. We are about growing, even when we do not want to grow, about living even when we do not want to live. :- … Continue reading →

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How to die?

Posted on April 29, 2018 by dgermann

How to die? How to respond to dementia, Friend? :- Doug.

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Profound this area of law

Posted on April 10, 2018 by dgermann

Profound is the area of law I get to work in, dealing with life, death, nursing homes, grandchildren. :- Doug.

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Not wrong

Posted on March 25, 2018 by dgermann

People who are dying are not wrong. :- Doug.

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An heir

Posted on March 20, 2018 by dgermann

An heir is one bereaved, torn away, emptied, released. :- Doug.

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