by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce With a little one in the house again, trick-or-treating is back on the agenda to celebrate Halloween. It’s been a long time since we’ve had to think about the weather (whether or not a coat would fit under a costume), but the...
by Shadra Bruce | Family, Making Memories
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce October is always an emotionally charged month for me on a very personal level. October is the sign that the seasons are changing. The leaves begin to change and fall and the days and nights get cooler. Although I do look forward to the...
by Shadra Bruce | Love, Making Memories
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Today while I was sitting here working, there was a loud crash directly behind me and the sound of breaking glass. It was the shelf in my hutch that held all my pretty glass stuff. One of the shelf holders just fell out and the whole...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Halloween is a favorite holiday for kids of all ages. (Yes, this means giving the teenage trick-or-treaters candy, too). Trick-or-treating delights kids of all ages (including the young at heart). It can be stressful if you wait until...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce My mom would have turned 68 this month. It’s hard for me to even imagine her at that age. She died two weeks after my 35th birthday in 2006. She was 55. Cancer. For many years, my grief was almost unbearable, but life being what it...
