by Shadra Bruce | Teens and Tweens
Guest Contributor Amy Kelly Our teenagers text all the time. When they’re eating breakfast, they’re texting. When they’re walking down the hallways at school, they’re texting. And when they should be interacting with friends and family outside their bedroom, they’re...
by Shadra Bruce | Keeping Marriage Strong
by Shadra Bruce I am renewed. Happy. Joyous, even. I think my blood pressure is even lower. Why? Because my husband and I just escaped our normal routine and responsibility to spend six days away from home. Six glorious days away from work, phone calls, client...
by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey It all started with a birthday party. The party was being held at an indoor playground. The area wasn’t very big. When you first walked in there was a long rectangular area where you could leave your shoes and coat. You had to open a...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Tammy Bartholomew Tug o’ War Princess Tug o’ War A child’s game In divorce Someone places blame Manipulation is How it starts Some believing Others end with broken hearts Please don’t tug me My daughter said in her quiet voice Please...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Tammy Bartholomew Divorce can be ugly, and the bottom line is, divorce is about money and control: Who is paying the money and who has the control of the kids. My parents have been both married and divorced 4 times. My mom is still with “old...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce, Let's Talk
MomsGetReal™ Poet Extraordinaire Tammy Bartholomew D Day The day has come For you to leave It should be happy Then the ace comes out of your sleeve See the separation Was supposed to be fair Until you pulled the other “Divorce” card Out of thin air The air was never...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Love
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey My mom was always baking. There were always fresh baked cookies, squares, cakes and other goodies in the house while I was growing up. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized how lucky I was. I took it for granted that when I...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce, Let's Talk
MomsGetReal™ Poet Extraordinaire Tammy Bartholomew The Little Girl We all have A princess in our heart Father the protector From the start She’d been hiding For a long time Bursting to get out Not willing to cross the line Wanting to Be taken care of Needing to feel...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
by Shadra Bruce This spring, our family has been privileged to be a special kind of host. On the small ledge above our back door, in the window, a beautiful little bird made a nest. We believe she is some variety of dove, but if you can identify her and let us know,...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Stepparenting
Getting Real With Elizabeth Sanchez We sat down for breakfast in our second week at my in-law’s house, and as usual I was stuffing my face with something delicious when I saw my father-in-law laugh as he was looking outside at the kids playing Uno. Suddenly my...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce
Mind Games by Tammy Bartholomew Mind games Played so well Consuming lives Others in hell Our minds crazy Waiting the next move Out playing the other What will they do By the phone A call or text Read the unknown What will happen next Take others feelings Make them our...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce
Water to Oil by Tammy Bartholomew Soon you will been served Now the true fight will begin Who will raise our beautiful daughter And our handsome young men You say you don’t have feelings Find that hard to be true You choose not to play your emotions In the end this...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce
Puppet on a String by Tammy Bartholomew You are both like Puppets on a string Having to be orchestrated By other human beings You can’t stand by yourself You have to be deceitful telling lies Everyone can see Through your fake disguise Your masters are strong But that...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce
Loneliness by Tammy Bartholomew Wish I could explain The loneliness I feel It is sadness like I have never known And everything so surreal Didn’t choose this Maybe that is why Just want to curl up In a ball and just die My first night Truly being alone All the kids...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra For some it has already happened, but I have until June 10 for school to let out. Just a few more weeks before my summer job begins, that of course being activities director for my seven year old who suffers from terminal boredom...
