by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
There are just some days that bedtime is my favorite time of day. As humans, we are all entitled to have good days and bad days but what does a family do when we all have the same bad day? The most useful piece of advice I can offer is to keep a sense of humor!...
by Shadra Bruce | Stress Management
Let’s Get Real with Wanda Morrissey Technically, winter doesn’t start for another week but I’m already sick of it. I think we were spoiled last year. In Ontario we had one of the mildest, driest winters on record. Mother Nature is definitely making up for that...
by Shadra Bruce | Stress Management, Toddlers
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey For me, the Santa Claus Parade marks the start of the holiday season and this past weekend it was held in our town. On Saturday, my husband and I bundled up ourselves and our 2 year old and headed for the parade. I packed snacks,...
by Shadra Bruce | Stress Management
Happy Birthday Mom My mom would have had her 60th birthday today. I have been sitting here contemplating, trying to decide the best way to commemorate my mom’s birthday. I have decided that nothing I can say or do can possibly describe how it feels to be without the...
by admin | Stress Management
My husband, Dave, is a mother hen. Well, perhaps he would prefer the term father rooster. In any case, he and I have very different ways of managing parenting stress. When it comes to worrying about the every day stuff — the stuff that is typically attributed to the...
by admin | Stress Management
Two years ago, my family and I loaded up a big moving truck, packed our van with suitcases, snacks, and maps, and headed from Boise, Idaho to Bath, New York. It was the second time we’d made the trip. Dave and I met and married in Boise. Our son was born there....
