Category Archives: Family

There is something going on…for the grandchildren. :- Doug.

Rather than let them keep us safe in old peoples’ storage, let us work to make our grandchildren safe. :- Doug.

What if the grandchildren have to find another way to live in harmony? They do, you know. What then is your role? :- Doug.

The fact that the elder can bring the dreamlike to the conversation tells us she or he can bring the larger truths to the grandchildren. This is a time of life when we can be the larger people we are. … Continue reading →

An elder brings dreamlike, personal boundary-crossing, intuitions, and insights to the service of the grandchildren. :- Doug.

How are you related to the elders 300 years from now? You are not unless it is through the spirit—our first relationship. So these grandchildren are right next door to you, they share an inside door. :- Doug.

The “common adversary” nature of the meeting of grandchildren and elders has juiciness to nourish. :- Doug.

How do we increase our effectiveness for the grandchildren? In each arena? How do we picture the grandchildren—what age, what blended races, what nationalities, what planets will they call home? How will they surprise us? :- Doug.

What are the hidden things—say rank, privilege, pain, injustice—which may touch the grandchildren? Do we have a story we could tell to help? :- Doug.

What will the grandchildren face—in 300 years? :- Doug.