by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I loved my mom, and these almost six years without her have only served to make me realize how integral she was to my life. But, as a teen and young adult, we were as capable of butting heads as we were of being close friends. For so...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Opening Christmas presents might be what the kids look forward to the most, but it’s decorating the tree together that builds memories that last. If you celebrate Christmas, it’s likely your kids are already bouncing off the walls with...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Self-Improvement
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Being hip and trendy, wearing the latest fashions and always being in style can feel great – if you’re a fashion model with a stick-thin body wearing a size 2. For the rest of us, fashion is an attainable goal, but is best achieved by...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce With five kids, three cross-country moves, and 10 different addresses, we’ve experienced the best and the worst of the public school system. We have come close to homeschooling on a number of occasions, but let’s get real ...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Christmas was so much easier when all the kids were young. The holidays were hardly over and they were counting down again. Now three of our kids are adults and the other two are tweens with ‘tudes. I don’t want a house full of holiday...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Thanksgiving is over, and with it, all the good happy feelings of gratitude that the day engenders. That one day a year, everyone gets along a little better. We all spend time talking about the things that make us grateful…and then,...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce You’ve packed an extra dose of love in your child’s cold lunch, but it’s possible that you’re packing something unintended: food poisoning! Sending a packed lunch to school with your child is a great way to make sure they’re getting...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Mistletoe is a fun tradition during the holiday season, giving our family excuses to show our love on a regular basis. The first year we lived in our current house, Christmas 2008, we couldn’t decide where to put the Mistletoe, so...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Crafts with Kids
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra This year we decided to have a home crafted Christmas. With all the art supplies I have squirreled away, and tons of imagination we are making due with what we have and seeing how far that takes us. I have always been a crafty...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Recipe Corner
My sisters and I grew up surrounded by extended family that included aunts, uncles, great aunts and uncles, numerous cousins and second cousins, and grandparents. Holidays and special occasions were marked by the food we shared. Our mom, grandma, and great-grandma...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
This year, we hope you’ll take a moment to reflect on the things in your life that bring you joy and make you grateful. All of us at MomsGetReal are grateful for the people who have supported us and encouraged us to keep getting real. Today, we’re sharing...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey Having a child in the hospital is never easy. It puts a lot of stress on the parents and family as a whole. Often extended family and friends are at a loss as to what to do or say during times like that. In an effort to be helpful or...
by Shadra Bruce | Sponsored Content
-sponsored- The kids have barely finished consuming their Halloween candy and the holiday treats are starting to appear. Fudge and breads from grandma, along with a plate of cookies are on the way; Dave is baking his famous pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving (along with a...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Toddlers
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra From poopy diapers to clogged toilets, this potty training thing isn’t going quite like I had been foolishly led to believe. I have two kids. Just two, but my 3 year old is still in pull-ups resisting the big boy underwear and...
