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Dawn Quyle Landau
Mother, Writer, treasure hunter, aging red head, and sushi lover. This is my view on life, "Straight up, with a twist––" because life is too short to be subtle! Featured blogger for Huffington Post, and followed on Twitter by LeBron James– for reasons beyond my comprehension.
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Category Archives: Death of parent
How Do You Like Them Apples?
A big huge thank you to JeanDayFriday, who sent me the Good Apple Award, a WordPress award, in a tag-your-it post today. Jean’s got some hilarious stories to tell, so stop over and check her out. I am honored that … Continue reading
Could I Have Been… A Love Story of Sorts, That’s Come Full Circle.
It’s been a few days; I’ve missed two posts. My brain was spinning and I just couldn’t write it down… until it just had to be written. This is how I move forward. <– As I wrote today, this rainbow … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, Parenting, Personal change, Women's issues, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged aging, change, families, growth, Huntington's Disease, inspiration, life, parenting, personal change, writing
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Ode to Girl Interrupted
Note: First: I am aware that this is not truly and Ode. I’ve used that title three times now, and all three have not been formal Odes. Whatever. Second: If you don’t know a lot about Judaism, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Sarcasm, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Conversion, Judaism, loss, mother-daughter relationships, Orthodox Jews, parenting, relationships, Tales from the Motherland, when kids choose a different path
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The Middle… Anyone Know How to Recycle Teeth?
So, the warning: The following content is not for everyone. I’m sure someone (or more than one) will find parts of this thoughtless, disrespectful, or offensive. Strangely, that is my life right now and that’s what I write about. So, … Continue reading
Change: Pulling Up My Bootstraps…. Alas, Which Boots?
God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me. ~Author Unknown The phrase “pulling up my boot straps,” has been running through … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Ego, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged boots, children growing up, death of a parent, death/loss, grief, middle age crisis, personal change, Pulling up my boot straps, sarcasm, Tales from the Motherland
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The Middle..Optimism and Magical Thinking vs The Mayans.
<– Only Luke is hiding from reality around here. No blinders folks. I’m way off in my posts… Frankly, I’m way off in general. This is just temporary though; read on… An old friend sent me an email a few … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Death of parent, getting published, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, Personal change, Sarcasm, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged 2012, Apocalypse, Mayas, New Year, optimism, personal change, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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