Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness

Things to consider with my family:

Posted on March 14, 2012 by dgermann

Things to consider with my family: • Whom do I have to hug? Whom do I have to call? Take a break now and call them. Tell them you love them; tell them you want to talk about these things … Continue reading →

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Play in late stages

Posted on March 12, 2012 by dgermann

Friend Bernie DeKoven has this wonderful post about play and Alzheimer’s folks: http://www.deepfun.com/fun/2012/03/play-in-late-stages/ You will be glad you took a look…. :- Doug.

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bigger work for doctor, lawyer

Posted on March 11, 2012 by dgermann

There is a bigger work for the doctor here. And for the lawyer. Beyond being a good technician. You in your role and I in mine can meet people and support them in what has meaning for them. We can … Continue reading →

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Much bigger than medical treatment

Posted on March 10, 2012 by dgermann

The end of life conversation is much bigger than medical treatment. It has to do with coming together and with people doing the work of dying and with people doing the work of living. The medical has to do with … Continue reading →

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Healthcare as easily changed as….

Posted on March 9, 2012 by dgermann

Seems to me that the word “care” has been taken over by the marketing people and the politicians, so that it now has a commercial character to it. My guess is that the doctors and nurses practicing in the 1950s … Continue reading →

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Your last 3 days?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by dgermann

How would you like to live at the end of life? Your last 3 days? :- Doug.

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Two end of life conversations:

Posted on March 7, 2012 by dgermann

There are two end of life conversations. One is the kind of conversation we have at various times while we are thinking of our end of life: do this for me, avoid doing that if you can. The second is … Continue reading →

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How I want to live before I die

Posted on March 6, 2012 by dgermann

Here is how I want to live before I die. And if I want to live this way, shall we now? :- Doug.

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Home

Posted on March 5, 2012 by dgermann

Elder caring is a branch of law where it is OK to be caring. It is home. :- Doug.

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Betrayed by the doctor?

Posted on March 4, 2012 by dgermann

We feel betrayed by the doctor when we are told there is no more to be done to hold back the disease. But our anger stems not from the doctor, rather our culture which tells us we can buy our … Continue reading →

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means the most to you?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by dgermann

What are the things in your life that mean the most to you, things you’d like your loved ones to have, too? :- Doug. What are the things in your life that mean the most to you, things you’d like … Continue reading →

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If not the stuff you owned?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by dgermann

What would you leave in your Will if it were not stuff you owned? What do you hold in trust? What do you hold in your mind or your heart? What do you want to give wings? If you could … Continue reading →

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The inviting

Posted on February 26, 2012 by dgermann

The inviting lawyer Inviting family, friends Those who care Young with old Sister with brother Husband with wife Heart with head Finding our common ground Our common human humus Finding our common heart This kind of Inviting lawyer I work … Continue reading →

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In the nursing home

Posted on February 25, 2012 by dgermann

In the nursing home, what is your life like, what do you find are the things that most engage you? What do you wonder about? About what do you find precious few people to talk with you? :- Doug.

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We mourn because

Posted on February 24, 2012 by dgermann

We mourn because we thought we’d have them forever with us, and now they are gone. And yet, we have them, just not in the flesh. We have them in imagination, in the marks of their spirits on ours. But … Continue reading →

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Your heirs will sing

Posted on February 21, 2012 by dgermann

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 →

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In Will: ask blessing

Posted on February 20, 2012 by dgermann

In our Will from whom dare we ask blessing to whom give our unfinished task what unfinished task would be our blessing? :- Doug.

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