by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey When my friends found out what I asked for, and got, for Mother’s Day, they all thought that I was nuts. There reaction ranged from “you wanted an appliance”, said in a tone of complete disbelief, to “won’t that just make more...
by Shadra Bruce | Adult Children, Let's Talk
Dave and I don’t get out much, but have our routines that give us the “us” time we need. We get up at 5 for a cup of coffee together before we have to get the kids going for school. We send the kids to their bedrooms at 8 to get some time on our own...
by Shadra Bruce | Divorce, Doing it Alone, Let's Talk
MomsGetReal™ Poet Extraordinaire Tammy Bartholomew My makeup goes onOver my swollen eyesCan’t you seeIt’s just a disguiseHide the painThis evil spellTrying to get out ofThis living hellSmiling friendsThey think I’m alrightKnow something is wrongFrom the...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Self-Improvement
by Shadra Bruce For most of my adult life, I’ve allowed myself the small indulgence of watching repeats of Bob Ross on PBS whenever I ran across his program. Something about listening to his voice and watching his canvas transform into an amazing picture was...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance, Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
by Shadra Bruce Let’s face it, whether you’re a single parent or just home alone with the kids, there are times when you simply need to take a break. When the kids were younger and Dave was still part of the corporate world, there were times when he was...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
by Veronica Ibarra I recently attended a parent-student workshop at my daughter’s school focused on Positive Behavior Intervention & Support in the Home, an extension of the PBIS they implement at her school. Having worked with troubled teens for ten years,...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Doing it Alone
Getting Real With Sara Haley As a single parent, there are a lot of things that can be extremely difficult to do on your own. Not that they’re impossible, because parents have found ways to get around these situations in the past, but they can definitely make...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Kathy Winn If you’re asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach. – Bruce Jenner My husband and I were both “chubby” (that’s what they used to call it) as kids and we are trying to head that off for...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Toddlers
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey “Jeffrey has a cavity. You’ll need to make an appointment to get that filled.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I’d just taken my son to the dentist for the first time and I was not expecting him to have a cavity. How does a 3...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With & Poet Extraordinaire Tammy Bartholomew The Warrior A true warrior Who’d fight till the end Is it a sister, neighbor, lover Maybe your best friend Is it the soldier Who wears a uniform each day Walking out the door Maybe the last of their stay...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
by Shadra Bruce After my mom died in 2006, I was lost. I had talked to my mom on the phone every single day, most days more than once. I told my mom about my kids, my school, my work, my life…everything. When we lived in the same town, we saw each other almost...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Amalia Starr Just hearing the words, Mother’s Day, sends tears streaming down my face and forces me to sit down. It makes me reflect on the past, where I have come from to where I am today. My first son, Matt, was born forty years ago. He was...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Doing it Alone, Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Sara Haley This last weekend, I did something amazing. I ran a marathon. 26.2 miles of running. 26.2 miles of quiet time. 26.2 miles to figure out exactly why I was actually running this marathon. Running a marathon was something I never would have...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Guest Contributor Janell Bischoff My daughter has slept with me every single night since she was born, either on the sofa or in my bed with me. It isn’t easy, but the sting of not having her is still faint in my mind. I love every single second of her. I’m holding her...
