Category Archives: Family

The elder sees

Posted on April 22, 2020 by dgermann

The elder sees Who the grandchild is They meet :- Doug.

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Push off in your canoe into waters chasing waters which have already flowed by into waters way out ahead those waters which have yet to fall as rain and are way behind see: the past is ahead the future is … Continue reading →

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Wrestle things that are

Posted on April 15, 2020 by dgermann

Our task is to make our meaning so that the grandchildren will see a way to make theirs. It is made when you wrestle the things that are. :- Doug.

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Call up your grandchildren

Posted on April 9, 2020 by dgermann

Call up your grandchildren, tell them a story. Tell them about a mistake or failure in your life. Ask them nothing. :- Doug.

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Gathering with the forebears

Posted on April 4, 2020 by dgermann

When we are gathering with the forebears what good can we do? :- Doug.

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January baby boom

Posted on April 2, 2020 by dgermann

Consider we will have a January baby boom Consider we make time to consider, to reflect :- Doug.

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We don’t need to get through covid-19

Posted on April 2, 2020 by dgermann

After Covid-19, it’s a new world out there. We don’t need to get through it, we need to help one another get through it. To a new side. :- Doug.

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Because you see this other

Posted on April 1, 2020 by dgermann

You are because another sees you You are because another hears you Whom do you see and hear in 300 years? :- Doug.

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Joy to get a call

Posted on March 26, 2020 by dgermann

What a joy to get a call To be touched by another soul! :- Doug.

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A good long while

Posted on March 25, 2020 by dgermann

If it’s going to do us any good, this pandemic will have to last a good long while. :- Doug.

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Kindly turn away

Posted on March 18, 2020 by dgermann

I am going to die. I am not conscious of dying at this moment. What can it mean to these days to remember my death, my dying? I want to converse at that time. I want to not avoid the … Continue reading →

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In the dying room

Posted on March 17, 2020 by dgermann

Being in the dying room the task is witnessing. You witness my dying, ask me about what is going on, what I’m thinking with a far away look. I witness to you my thoughts, prayers, wishes, needs, and not having … Continue reading →

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Grandchild seek

Posted on March 13, 2020 by dgermann

Grandchild seek to be of use to your grandchildren to life to larger yet :- Doug.

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Year of reaching out

Posted on March 6, 2020 by dgermann

This is the year of reaching out to my grandchildren. :- Doug.

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Skin hair quirks sorrows

Posted on March 5, 2020 by dgermann

Find out the name of that grandchild elder, get to know this one: skin, hair, quirks, sorrows. :- Doug.

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Child of your stories

Posted on March 4, 2020 by dgermann

Imagine a better humanity. Imagine they are your grandchildren. Imagine a specific woman or man. Imagine this one a child of your imagination, of your stories, of your poetry. :- Doug.