by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance, Stepparenting, Teens and Tweens
The words adult children may seem oxymoronic, and while the term refers to any child you’ve managed to raise to the age of 18 or beyond, the ones I’m really talking are those kids between 18 and 24 who are technically adults but who still require a bit...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
by MomPower Contributor Jenn Poole Back to school time can bring conflict for our children. It could be hurt feelings between friends or crushes, fighting on the playground, or even frustration when they don’t understand the assignment. As schools cut back, they...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
I remember exactly where I was when the planes hit the twin towers. Dave was at work. I was home, sitting in the living room of our apartment, surrounded by boxes, with moving day only a month away. Our family was getting ready to move to New York. At the time I was a...
by Shadra Bruce | Self-Improvement
Getting Real with Jennifer Proctor One Step at a Time When was the last time you decided to get healthier, lose weight, eat better, etc…? How many changes did you try to make in one day or a week? How long did those resolutions, changes, promises to yourself...
by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids, Teens and Tweens
My kids started school this year looking quite different from the norm. Parker’s hair was “rock star/punk” made messy with gel, cut into wild layers, and dyed blue and green with blond streaks. Anika’s hair, while cut in a simple bob, is pink...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
What challenges we stepfamilies face! Not only are we adjusting to a new relationship, a new marriage, and perhaps a new home, but we’re doing it with extra people in the mix who also have needs, demands, and insecurities about the changes life has brought them....
by Lisa Van De Graaff | Pregnancy and Your Newborn
MomPower Contributor Lisa Van De Graaff I gave birth to my baby at 2:40am, twenty-seven hours after those first pains I’d waited so long to feel. The contractions were regular from the start, and progressed normally. I rode the waves with the help of my partner, who...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance
So, here it is, the first day of school. Thankfully, the children are all very excited and are looking forward to reconnecting with friends that they have not seen since last school year. We are dealing with a strained school district budget this year so we do not...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance
As promised, I want to share some information about how I was able to walk away from my corporate job. If you’ve been reading me for any length of time, you’ll know I’ve talked about living frugally and being considered “poor” by most standards, so this isn’t exactly...
by Shadra Bruce | Work at Home
I’ve always loved writing, but turning writing into a career was, quite honestly, as much accident as anything else. My husband was finishing school and I was working for a corporation in Boise. I worked long hours, often had to go in on Saturdays, and stayed past...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
I will be 40 next year. That’s a good 20 years of being a grown up, and one thing that has plagued me through my entire adult life is my weight. Ew. Even talking about it makes me cringe and want to run away. But, I’ve committed – to myself more than anyone else – to...
