Tag Archives: personal change

This Is Not Just a Tail, But a True Love Story

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

It’s impossible to explain to those who don’t know a good dog’s love, just how much they can mean to you. How they truly become a part of your family. In some ways, I’ve been working on this in the gray … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, My world, Writing | Tagged change, companionship, death of a parent, death of dog, death of family pet, Dogs, friendship, Huntington's Disease, loss, love, personal change, pets, writing | 24 Comments

Could I Have Been… A Love Story of Sorts, That’s Come Full Circle.

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

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 →

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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 | 7 Comments

Change: Pulling Up My Bootstraps…. Alas, Which Boots?

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

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 →

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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 | 16 Comments

The Middle..Optimism and Magical Thinking vs The Mayans.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

<– 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 →

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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 | 12 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

Extra! Extra! Passive Aggressive Control Freak Surrenders… and Survives to Celebrate It.

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

POW! KAPLOOEY! BAM! Holy transformation Batman; she’s accepting help! What next? Well folks, it was bound to happen. Or, maybe it wasn’t bound to just happen, and I can actually take some credit for working really hard at this and … Continue reading →