Category Archives: Courage

On Monday, April 15th a bomb went off at the Boston Marathon. The news was stunning; watching it unfold in my home town was surreal. My very first thoughts, instant, when I heard about the explosion, were for a few friends from … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 19, 2013 by Dawn Quyle Landau | 28 Comments

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep…

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Last night I couldn’t sleep. That’s not totally unusual. I’m a woman of a certain age— there are many things that keep me awake these days. However, last night it was the most horrible of thoughts, the darkest of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Can't sleep, Courage, Daily Observations, Death, High School, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, News, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, travel, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged Death of a Child, Grown children, mothers, parenting, Parents worrying, Sleepless, Students traveling abroad, Tales from the Motherland | 32 Comments

Would You Take a Bullet… For Peace.

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note: For some reason, the formatting as it appears on the “published page” is all wonky. I have no idea why, and can’t seem to fix it, as it appears just fine on the edit page. Sorry for the reading … Continue reading →

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Posted in Activist, Awareness, Blog, Courage, Daily Observations, Education, Honest observations on many things, Life, Malala Yousafzai, Musings, Tales From the Motherland, Taliban, Women's issues | Tagged Education for women, Equal rights, Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize, Tales from the Motherland, Taliban | 16 Comments

Mother, May I…

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

To my mother, with love. For those of you who have been following my blog for a while, you know that New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of my mother’s death. For those of you who haven’t, it is one … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Courage, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Huntington's Disease, Mothers, Musings, Parenting, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Writing | Tagged 2012, 2013, Anniversary of a death, death of a parent, grief, Huntington's Disease, loss, mothers, New Year's Eve, parents, Tales from the Motherland | 19 Comments

The Middle: This Is Not About the Election.

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

This is The Middle. The Middle of the week, and the day I try to write a shorter post. Not today. I’m exhausted and have no time… no time as in, I’m taking time from the things I really need … Continue reading →