Tag Archives: Tales from the Motherland

2012: Brilliant. Versatile Blogger x 2.

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Well, if 2011 was tough, then 2012 it starting out surreally good. There is, of course the grieving… and trust me, that hits in tsunami like waves, over and over right now. But, in this wonderful world of blogging, that … Continue reading →

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Tales From The Motherland has been awarded the Versatile Blogger Award!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Happy New Year and something to smile about:  My blog was awarded the Versatile Blogger Award!  I have Vivian Kirkland at Positive Parental Participation to thanks for that. Having checked out some of the other blogs that have won this, … Continue reading →

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What Comes After? A “Stop, drop and Roll” approach to a New Year.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

There is only one thing for me to write about right now, but I’m not really sure what I think about that. I’m not sure what I feel, yet.  Mainly, because I don’t actually know, what comes after. After years … Continue reading →

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Peace.

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

At 4:00 A.M., exactly, the nurse came into my mother’s room, again. I had a barely slept, tossing and turning, listening to Mom. I was dozing when she came in. I was frustrated to be disturbed again. Mom had begun … Continue reading →

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What Doesn’t Kill You… Just Beats the Shit Out of You.

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

<— The small Christmas tree that I brought to Mom’s room, covered in ornaments that I’ve had forever. Many of them, she bought for me when I had my first tree. More than one person has said to me recently: … Continue reading →

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Oh Holy Craziness…Night.

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

‘Tis the season… THE season of: cheer, chaos, frenzy, delight, amusement, let-downs, build-ups, joy, remembrances, longing, friends, family, lines and Chinese zaniness. Ok, perhaps not everyone has the last one, but it’s likely you’ve each experienced most of the others … Continue reading →

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Ode to Birthdays Missed…

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

(September 16th) Today is my mother’s 68th Birthday.  She lives in a nursing home near me and is in the final, agonizing stages of Huntington’s Disease. When I called her, to wish her happy birthday, she was really happy.  She … Continue reading →

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The Grass is Always Greener on Someone Else’s Head… or is it?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

** Update:  This was post was originally published in August 2011. I had been blogging for six weeks, and it was Freshly Pressed. I had no idea what that meant at the time, I didn’t even realize it had been … Continue reading →

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