Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness

This baby giggles

Posted on February 6, 2014 by dgermann

This baby giggles in your arms: sacred moment that cherishes you :- Doug.

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Why do we want our family around when we’re dying?

Posted on February 4, 2014 by dgermann

Why do those of us who want this Want our family around when we’re dying? Could it be because we want One last chance To find our strength in our vulnerable intimacy? To share our highest selves in our deepest … Continue reading →

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The game, the fun, can take us deeper

Posted on February 3, 2014 by dgermann

The game, the fun, can take us deeper. It is not surface, can be seen by all of us as deeper once we reflect. Deeper partially because of the pause to reflect, partially because of looking at things from a … Continue reading →

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Why a game?

Posted on February 2, 2014 by dgermann

Why a game? To get us to open up; get us thinking about dying; keep fun in it all; get us thinking more deeply about conversing with our families. :- Doug.

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A brilliant cardinal drops

Posted on February 1, 2014 by dgermann

A brilliant cardinal drops out of the tree flies straight away from me to light a hundred yards away and we our brightness carry to distant needs and close :- Doug.

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Repairing our family?

Posted on January 29, 2014 by dgermann

Aren’t we about making whole, repairing the world, at least of our family, bringing parent and child together? And isn’t that difficult, dangerous work? :- Doug.

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We

Posted on January 27, 2014 by dgermann

We Play together Learn each other Frustrate Make demands Get angry Want to pull away Stay together Reopen Respond Play gently Let go expectations Embrace Take time out Take turns Change sides Change rules Become new again Vivid Fun Unanticipated … Continue reading →

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the root of all challenges

Posted on January 26, 2014 by dgermann

O save us from conflict Battles and wars Competitors, rivals, enemies everywhere But the root of all challenges Is with one another: our connection :- Doug.

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Rediscover, redefine

Posted on January 25, 2014 by dgermann

Rediscover, redefine Your living, playful path But larger than that, remember Your birth is your terminal condition So rediscover, redefine Your dying path Fill it, empty it Paint it with colors subtle Dance it with steps nuanced :- Doug.

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Papa has “a touch the dementia”

Posted on January 22, 2014 by dgermann

Papa has “a touch the dementia” Mama knows better than the doctors, The financial planners and the lawyers, all Daughter’s emotions have static electricity Social Security says son’s intellect disables him The other daughter is overwhelmed By the financial numbers, … Continue reading →

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Questions we can ask our children to start the conversation

Posted on January 20, 2014 by dgermann

Questions we can ask our children to start the conversation: Do you remember when X died? What did you think of the decisions made? How would you like to be treated then? To what age would you like to live? … Continue reading →

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A palliative care lawyer?

Posted on January 19, 2014 by dgermann

Am I a palliative care lawyer? Alleviate pain, find wholeness where the old paths are no longer open…. :- Doug.

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Finding the bridges between persons

Posted on January 16, 2014 by dgermann

If you are trying to find the bridges between persons, you are the one who first has to lay aside assumptions and exercise curiosity. :- Doug.

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Ritual & bringing dementia patients to life

Posted on January 7, 2014 by dgermann

Friends– Think dementia is the end? Think those folks strapped into wheel chairs don’t know what’s going on? Check out this article from The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/bringing-dementia-patients-to-life/282802/ :- Doug.

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Hospital: 6 action tips

Posted on January 6, 2014 by dgermann

Friends– This article from Forbes can be helpful for you if a loved on is in the foreign country known as hospital: http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynrosenblatt/2013/11/15/six-action-tips-for-you-when-your-loved-one-is-hospitalized/?type=quicklink :- Doug.

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Warm the morning and fog it brings

Posted on December 30, 2013 by dgermann

Warm the morning and fog it brings The snow that days ago fell Is today into the air rising again :- Doug.