by Kira Hazledine | Work at Home
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Nap time is the best time in my house. As a work-at-home mom, it’s when I get my best work done. I may or may not have also slid in a few naps in my first trimester when I couldn’t keep up with my rambunctious toddler or any of my...
by admin | Self-Improvement
Getting Real with Tammy Torres Why do we entertain gossip? Gossip is a virus. I used to volunteer for Family Readiness for the Army and we taught hundreds of wives and families how to receive and believe information about their soldier. Being an ex-military wife for...
by Kira Hazledine | Health, Healthy Eating
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine I do my best to offer my toddler a balanced diet, which is especially difficult when she would survive solely on cheese balls. What makes it even harder is that I’m not the biggest veggie lover over here. I do think I eat healthy,...
by admin | Adult Children
Getting Real with Tammy Torres Do you realize your kids probably don’t even know you as a person? When I was helping my son Scott with a school project when he was 16, he asked me why I was good as drawing. I said I have a bachelor’s degree in art. He said, “No you...
by Kira Hazledine | Let's Talk, On Motherhood, Parenting
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine I don’t think how I realized how much crying there would be in motherhood, and I’m not just talking late nights with newborns and toddler tantrums. I’ve done my fair share of crying as a mom and I wasn’t prepared for this emotional...
by Kira Hazledine | Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine There are a million articles about how to induce labor naturally, and I’ve already touched on the stupid ways you can harm yourself and your baby in the last trimester by trying to mess with nature. The sad, sad reality for women...
by Kira Hazledine | Family, Let's Talk
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine I can’t even begin to express my frustration with towns trying to criminalize trick-or-treating. Hopefully they are getting enough backlash from parents to stop their nonsense, like this town trying to prevent anyone over the age of 12...
by Tammy Torres | Adult Children, Self-Improvement
Getting Real with Tammy Torres Do you feel like you start seeing the light at the end of your tunnel only to be ran over by the train? The conductor saw you along with all the other people on the train, but they didn’t care and drove right over you! WAM BAM, no...
by Kira Hazledine | Healthy Eating, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine A lot of mom rants have been popping up in my news feed about how damaging it is to use food as a reward system. Leads to unhealthy habits and makes junk foods “taboo” and “too desirable” or whatever. Apparently, it doesn’t teach...
by Shadra Bruce | Love, Making Memories
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Today while I was sitting here working, there was a loud crash directly behind me and the sound of breaking glass. It was the shelf in my hutch that held all my pretty glass stuff. One of the shelf holders just fell out and the whole...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Halloween is a favorite holiday for kids of all ages. (Yes, this means giving the teenage trick-or-treaters candy, too). Trick-or-treating delights kids of all ages (including the young at heart). It can be stressful if you wait until...
by Kira Hazledine | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine There are a lot of challenges when it comes to parenting. There are days when my ability to function is in the toilet and my child eats a lot of goldfish and string cheese. There are other moments when I feel like a complete failure...
by Kira Hazledine | Keeping Marriage Strong, Love
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Every parent knows that date night can be hard to pin down. First, you have to find the time. Then, you have to find the energy. And most importantly, you need a reliable babysitter. The stars have to practically align for date night...
by Kira Hazledine | Crafts with Kids, Family
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine I’m not a mom who likes to craft. I do not make homemade Halloween costumes, I definitely do not color for personal enjoyment, and I’m not a wine and design person. I can’t just whip up a cute decoration or basket, only armed with...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce My mom would have turned 68 this month. It’s hard for me to even imagine her at that age. She died two weeks after my 35th birthday in 2006. She was 55. Cancer. For many years, my grief was almost unbearable, but life being what it...
