by Shadra Bruce | Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce You didn’t skip prenatal vitamins or visits with your OB. Your car seat has been inspected to make sure it was installed properly. Now, make sure your house is ready for the new baby. Bringing a baby home for the first time is a...
by Shadra Bruce | Adult Children, Let's Talk
My husband and I are raising five children together. Three are his from a previous marriage and two that we’ve added to the family. I’ve been Mom to all five for so long that we no longer really think of the older kids as “his” and both of us were equally pained when...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My daughter, Anika, will turn 10 years old this year. Sometimes I look at her and see an image of the child I used to be. She has the same big brown inquisitive eyes, the same dimple in her cheek, and the same long brown hair. I look at...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Can you imagine the frustration of having so much to say and no way to express your needs? Infants are no different from adults in that respect; they are capable of clearly communicating their needs and wants, but the only form of...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Work at Home
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce In this economy, stretching the budget is necessary. eBay may not be the powerhouse it once was in terms of marketplace opportunities, but it is still a great option for making a little extra money. The harder something is to find, the...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My husband and I have five children with ages ranging from 9 to 25. Three of our kids have reached adulthood safely. The younger two, we hope, will follow suit. As parents, we figure we’re doing something right, since the oldest three...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce We’ve been home for 10 days now from our amazing road trip and starting to settle back into the routine of things. We’ve been dealing with doctor appointments and refilling prescriptions and grocery shopping and getting back...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My son, Parker, is 12 years old. He just finished 7th grade, having started kindergarten a year early. Academically, he’s continued to remain ahead of the majority of his peers. He received high 90s on all of his finals without even...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
Probably one of the more notable challenges of living in a blended family is adjusting to the various lifestyles and attitudes each of us bring to the newly formed group. The kids were old enough, when their biological mother left, to remember some differences between...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce While we were gone for 35 days, life went on without us. The Mourning Dove that nests above our back door hatched another set of baby birds that have already left the nest. Our guppies had not one but two sets of babies (I’m...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Today was a really emotional day for me. Not only did each mile east mean one mile further from all of my family, but when you’ve been planning an event for over a year and that event comes to an end, there’s an emotional and...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I was introduced to Del Taco as a child in Barstow, California. My grandparents took us to the one in town as well as one near the outlet mall once it was built. I love Del Taco. I crave it living in New York since there is no good...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Today we drove from Canistota, SD to Le Claire, IA. One way or another, we had to go South to get around the Great Lakes, but it was fun driving through Minnesota first, since my dad was there closing on his new house (he is nearing...
