I converse. That is my work: engaging people in their world for good. Specifically for Mom and Dad facing difficulties thinking, getting along, staying healthy. :- Doug.

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Engaging people, their world, for good

Posted on September 24, 2014 by dgermann

I converse. That is my work: engaging people in their world for good. Specifically for Mom and Dad facing difficulties thinking, getting along, staying healthy. :- Doug.

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You are affected by Mom’s health

Posted on September 22, 2014 by dgermann

Reflection might start with getting people to see how they are affected by Mom’s or Dad’s health, by admitting their own vulnerable confusion and overwhelm, and finding their own role in the matter. :- Doug.

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Getting to help

Posted on September 19, 2014 by dgermann

I get to help people in the crises of nursing home, long-term illness, and death. This is very fulfilling because I get to do much good. :- Doug.

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Getting Mom or Dad in the nursing home

Posted on September 18, 2014 by dgermann

I get to help people get Mom or Dad in the nursing home for good. I’ll let you reflect on what way I might have meant. :- Doug.

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How is this affecting Mom?

Posted on September 16, 2014 by dgermann

Ask, How is this affecting Mom? Then, How is this affecting you? :- Doug.

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No 200 year old people

Posted on September 14, 2014 by dgermann

The thrust/intention needs to be to find the commonalities among this family, and where they think they need to get, given that there are no 200 year old people out there. :- Doug.

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Truth can be imagined

Posted on September 11, 2014 by dgermann

Truth can be imagined. :- Doug.

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Do birds ever fly just for fun?

Posted on September 9, 2014 by dgermann

Do birds ever fly just for fun? To feel the air through their feathers? Do puppies ever tumble over each other? Do humans ever play? What’s the worth and need of it? :- Doug.

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its own streams

Posted on September 8, 2014 by dgermann

Life seeks its own streams. :- Doug.

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Loss

Posted on September 7, 2014 by dgermann

All change requires loss Great change requires great loss What cost will we consciously pay? Firm ground vanishes We step into the void The price demands something we clutch Or we see nothing more precious :- Doug.

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We are not rapidly approaching…

Posted on September 6, 2014 by dgermann

We are not rapidly approaching the limits of what I know. We crossed that frontier long ago! :- Doug.

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peace of mind. sooner.

Posted on September 5, 2014 by dgermann

Long-term care: peace of mind. Sooner. :- Doug.

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