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Friday Fictioneers: The House My Mother Built

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Welcome to Friday Fictioneers– a most addictive weekly flash fiction challenge. Use the photo prompt to write a 100-word story and join this group of Kool Kats, from all over the world! Check out our fearless leader Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ blog Addicted Purple, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Honest observations on many things | Tagged Awareness, childhood, Dawn Quyle Landau, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, grief, healing, Memory, Tales from the Motherland | 71 Comments

Sideways Moment, With Bono

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

I miss my Mom. It’s not that I didn’t expect that, to some extent… but I guess I’m more surprised by the hair trigger moments when that emotion seems to hit me, in varying degrees. It hadn’t occurred to me … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Musings, My world, Personal change, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged Bono, Death, death of a parent, grief, healing, Huntington's Disease, sarcasm, Skiing, U2, writing | 11 Comments

The Middle… Anyone Know How to Recycle Teeth?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

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 →

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Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, Personal change, Women's issues | Tagged death of a parent, family, grief, healing, letting go, mothers, Tales from the Motherland | 14 Comments

Brain Dead… Take her off Life Support.

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

I uttered those ^^words to a good friend, the other day, when she called me to check in… as she’s done regularly since Mom died, three weeks ago today. Hmm, I know I will reach a point when I’m not … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Death, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, Personal change, Women's issues | Tagged death of a parent, healing, Humor, loss, parenting, personal change, recovery, Sarah Burke, Tales from the Motherland | 13 Comments

Lost in My Grief… Oh, Wait! That’s Bed, Bath and Beyond…

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Spoiler: Sarcastic, passive-aggressive bitch is back… temporarily. My mother died one week ago. Frankly, the way my household runs and ignores my state of grieving* smothers me in arguing and * compassion, it has felt more like weekS. Emotions seem to … Continue reading →