UNDER THE WILL… OVER THE DRAMA…

Tag: writing

  • When the Laughing Stops..

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    Mae Faurel
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    When the Laughing Stops What Comes After the Family Folklore Under the Will, Over the Drama – Reflections from Faurel Hill You joke, you write, you poke fun.And then suddenly, something hits: Wait… was that always funny? Or was I surviving? Lately, memories have been knocking, loud ones. Things I’d buried under sarcasm and six…

  • What Matters In The End.

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    Mae Faurel
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    Messages from Beyond: What Matters In The End Hello again from The Other Side, It’s me. Yes, still dead. Still watching. And no, I haven’t learned to play the harp yet, turns out, it’s a lot harder than it looks. I did, however, manage to organize a heavenly happy hour and let me tell you,…

  • Episode 42 -A Retrospective from the Delusional Files..

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    Mae Faurel
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    A Retrospective from the Delusional Files: What in the Hell Were Bully & Fanny Thinking? Sometimes I look back and wonder… not at me for surviving it all but at them. Bully Yates and Fanny McFox, strutting around Faurel Hill like they were the stars of a Netflix docudrama called ‘Entitled & Oblivious’. What were…

  • It’s only clear when you look back..

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    Mae Faurel
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    I didn’t see it then. I was too busy surviving, too busy trying to keep the peace, too busy walking on eggshells. Living in fear does something to you, it rewires your thinking. You start to believe that discomfort is normal. That tiptoeing is just how life works. That maybe you’re the problem. That maybe…

  • A Note from the Universe..

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    Mae Faurel
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    Hey you. Yeah, you, the one with the wild heart, the messy hair and the soul that refuses to sit quietly. Thought I’d drop in for a quick note, since it seems you’ve been overthinking again. (Yes, I’m talking about that thing you won’t stop replaying in your head. Spoiler alert: it’ll work itself out…

  • Episode 41 – Confession’s of a Black Sheep…

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    Mae Faurel
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    Confessions of a Black Sheep: Tales from the Other Side of the Fence You know, I’ve noticed something lately. Every time I sit down to share a story, it’s about Bully Yates – the man, the myth, the legend, now presumably running the most organized family drama soap opera. But today, we’re taking a detour.…

  • Granny Frass’s Garden of Wisdom..

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    Mae Faurel
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    (and Other Things My Siblings Ignored) Before we get too carried away with messages from beyond and the shady shenanigans of my dearly departed father, it’s only right that I introduce you to the true matriarch of our family – the woman who raised me, kept the whole circus running and managed to do it…

  • He Did His Best…

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    Mae Faurel
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    Today I found myself lost in old photographs of my dad. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular but what I found was the ache of missing him. In those images, he looked strong. Protective. Present. He stood between me and the chaos more than I realized at the time. He shielded me from Bully…

  • Episode 40 – The General and His Ghostwriter.

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    Mae Faurel
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    There’s a strange kind of theatre playing out in our family. Picture it: Bully, stomping around center stage in his well-worn boots, barking orders like he’s head of a small country no one asked to visit. The audience? Mostly cows. Occasionally confused neighbors. And somewhere offstage, dimly lit, is my sister – headset on, clipboard…

  • Episode 39 – The Bully Yates Chronicles: A Turf-Fueled Tragedy..

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    Mae Faurel
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    All I wanted was peace, a roof over my head and a modest pile of turf to keep the cold out. What I got instead was a front-row seat to a saga so dramatic, it makes soap operas look like mild weather reports. This isn’t just a story of land, residency or sibling rivalry. No,…