Category Archives: Mothers

Some Drunk Thoughts… Does This Mean I Have a Problem?

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Warning: KQM/KPM and RM- Don’t read this one. Just don’t. Drunk is probably an exaggertion, but don’t send me any comments about typos or things that don’t add up. I’ve had just enough to not care… and tomorrow, when I … Continue reading →

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Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Huntington's Disease, Life, Mothers, Musings, Writing | Tagged Alzheimer's disease, death of a parent, Genetic Diseases, grief, grieving, HDSA, Huntington's Disease, loss, Tales from the Motherland | 18 Comments

365 Regrets, Blessings, Lessons.

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

All week I’ve found myself tearing up as I drive past the road that leads to the nursing home where my mother lived. I pass the road to Hospice House, where she died December 31, 2011, far more often and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Aging, Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Foreign exchange students, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged aging parents, death of a parent, dementia, family, Huntington's Disease, loss, Musings, parents, passage of time, Tales from the Motherland | 21 Comments

What We Don’t Tell You In Our Blogs: Peru… The Outtakes.

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

I’ve been noticing in the Facebook statuses my friends and I post, in many of the blogs I read, that we all tend to show the sunny side of things. We post the happy vacation pictures and the happy status … Continue reading →

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Posted in Adventure, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, bullying, how blogs work, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, summer vacation, travel, Writing | Tagged blogs, Facebook, family vacations, Honest Blogs, Honesty, Humor, Machu Picchu, Peru, Tales from the Motherland, the Amazon, travel, writing | 23 Comments

Finally a Diagnosis! (Living as an Ernie in a Bert world)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

A friend posted a wonderful article today that really touched a chord for me. Finally, some answers. And be sure to click on some of these links for some real Muppet high jinx and fun. After years of trying to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Sarcasm, Women's issues, Writing | 11 Comments

Nursing My Broken Heart…

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

If you’ve read this blog long enough, you know I’m unstable. You would have predicted this post, and you can now gloat. It was inevitable. I am supposed to be shopping: enjoying a solo day in the city, time to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Aging, Awareness, blogs, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Women, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged Inter-faith families, Israel, Jewish conversion, Judaism, Letting go of our children, loss, Musings, Orthodox Judaism, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, parenting, personal change, self-awareness, Tales from the Motherland | 24 Comments

Call Me Kristen Bell.

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Ok, so I spoiled the whole snake hook in the last post. I thought about dragging it out, but I just didn’t have the heart. Truth is, I expected to see snakes everywhere we went in the Amazon for the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Adventure, Awareness, Beautiful places, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, Natural beauty, Nature, Parenting, summer vacation, Teens, travel, Wonderful Things, Writing | Tagged Adventure, Explorama, Explorama Canopy Walk, Kristen Bell, Lima, Mira Flores, Peru, pink dolphins, San Isidro, Sloths, Tales from the Motherland, the Amazon, travel, vacations, Yagua tribe | 4 Comments

Into The Depths

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Sunday night we finally took my mother’s ashes out of my dining room cabinet, amidst the fine china and stemware she loved so much, and spread them in the waters around the San Juan Islands. This was her wish. My … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Beautiful places, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Writing | Tagged blogs, Death, death of a parent, family, grief, Humor, Huntington's Disease, Musings, Sailing, San Juan Islands, Tales from the Motherland | 19 Comments

Machu, The Inca Dog…

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

This is part 4 of our Trip to Peru. If you missed the previous two post, go back now and read them… Go ahead, this will wait. When we left off, we had two hung-over “kids,” two parents who’d found … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Beautiful places, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, summer vacation, Teens, travel, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged Aguas Calientes, blogs, Dogs, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Musings, Personal challenges, Peru, Tales from the Motherland, travel, Trekking | 2 Comments

Lessons in Loss and How The U.N. Really Did Dissolve… Into Puddles.

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note to new readers: Our family took in two foreign exchange students last August for the entire school year. Denmark is a 17 yr old girl. China is a 16 yr old boy. The U.S. is our 15 yr old son (Little … Continue reading →