by Shadra Bruce | Making a Difference
The holidays are the season of giving, both to the ones we love and to those in need. This holiday, MomsGetReal™ would like to encourage our readers to bring hope, peace, and joy to children all over the world by giving them the gift of clean water for life. The Water...
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 | 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...