by Shadra Bruce | Teens and Tweens
You realize your parenting role of a teenage girl must evolve when you are the one noticing the boys checking her out. I admit it freaked me out. I mean this is my baby. My beautiful baby. My beautiful baby who turns the head of everyone she walks by. Ever since she...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance
For some strange reason, this has been a very difficult holiday season for me so far. I have felt very homesick, missing my mom, missing Idaho where I used to live, and missing my good friends back home. I suppose it is probably because we are not going anywhere and...
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 Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
I think making memories with our children is one of the most important things that we can do in their childhood. Whether it is establishing family traditions around the holidays or a simple cherished bedtime routine, it is important for children to know and feel their...