by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Today was a bittersweet day. I was thrilled that my sister and her family decided to get up early with us and have breakfast with us before we all left for home…but I was incredibly sad to finally reach that moment where we had to...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My husband is truly my hero. Do you know that so far, of the roughly 5,200 miles we’ve traveled, he has driven all of it? No complaints, always safe, always in good spirits even when traffic is bad and weather is worse. He’s...
by Shadra Bruce | Family, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Thanks to my Aunt Lori, day 2 of our family reunion was fabulous. She reserved a spot at Hat Rock State Park and it was truly an idyllic setting. We had grills on which to cook our food, picnic tables to sit at, a lake to swim in, a...
by Shadra Bruce | Family, Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My sister and I inherited from our mother a strong sense of family connection. Mom told us stories of her childhood in Edgemont, South Dakota and made sure that we knew not just aunts and uncles and grandparents but great aunts, great...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Today, my dad was going to take our whole group on a whale watching tour. We dressed in the warmest clothes we had and met in Depoe Bay, only to find that the water was so rough that the company determined it was too unsafe to take us out. We had some disappointed...