by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Health, Let's Talk
Please welcome our newest contributor… Getting Real with Amy Larson Get a life. Hmmm. How often have we heard that one, or even told it to someone in jest, or in a not-so-jesty way? Guilty as charged over here. Been thinking a lot about life lately; how it...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Self-Improvement
Getting Real with Wanda Morrissey I recently read an article about Netmums, a UK parenting internet site and how they conducted a survey about the little lies moms tell to each other and why they tell them. Some of the things moms lied about most were yelling at their...
by Shadra Bruce | BoobiePower, Let's Talk
A message from our friends at Army of Women: For women under age 50, a breast cancer diagnosis can cause stress related to personal, work, and family responsibilities and the effect cancer treatments can have on reproductive health that is unique to women in this age...
by Shadra Bruce | Frugal Living, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey I have been on a real craft kick lately. I’ve been surfing the net looking for new ideas that I can try. I discovered something called ‘freezer paper stenciling’. Apparently, it’s been around for some time but I’m just discovering it...
by Jennifer Poole | Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Jennifer Poole A friend of my daughter’s has been saying she knows the stars of a popular Disney show. She has told my daughter that she video chats with them and has even given my nine year old a T-shirt signed by the cast and a personal letter from...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Back to School
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra When we had first looked into schools for my daughter before her beginning kindergarten my husband and I had many concerns and differing opinions. He had been an Army brat and, for reasons that he could never really explain clearly,...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Family, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra Well, after all my initial research and the fun of implementing what worked for us, here’s the break down on how our summer break went with me as Mommy Activities Director. Movies: We went to the summer kids’ movie 8 of 9...
by Jennifer Poole | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Jennifer Poole Years ago, when I worked with juvenile offenders, I attended a training that stated the most difficult time for most boys is the first year of junior high/middle school. Everything is changing – now they have lockers, many teachers,...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Doing it Alone, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Sara Haley It’s true what they say–it’s not about the money in your bank account or the belongings that you possess. It’s about the friends and family that you have around you, that love and care about you. ...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Toddlers
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey This was an idea that I had in my head for awhile. I was saving it for a rainy day and I finally got my chance. I put together a treasure hunt for my 3 year old. His current favourite show is Jake and the Neverland Pirates and because...
by Shadra Bruce | BoobiePower, Let's Talk
A message from our friends at the Army of Women… Are you a breast cancer survivor who is just too tired to read this entire e-blast? You’re not alone! Sleep problems, including difficulty falling or staying asleep, are familiar to many breast cancer...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Guest Contributor Amy Kelly Summertime is a double-edged sword. On one side, teenagers look forward to a break from school, sunshine, vacations and free time. Parents, on the other side, dread the nightly curfew battles, constant coming and goings of activities and an...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey Last week my husband and I packed up our swim gear and our son and headed to my in-laws to visit for the day. They live in cottage country and have a property with beach access. It was a really hot day so we thought we could have a...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Traveling to Montreal is something we do two to three times each year. While we enjoy quiet couples getaways to the romantic heart of the Old Port, sampling delicious foods and fine wines or taking romantic walks along the port, Montreal...
by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids
by Shadra Bruce Last Spring, we took our kids to Washington D.C. It was our first time there, and the kids were impressed with seeing, live and in person, the buildings and monuments they had studied about in school. When my daughter, Anika, says she plans to be the...
