by Shadra Bruce | Family, Making Memories, On Motherhood
Halloween is different for us now that we have three grown kids and two teenagers. Our kids, with pressure from us, stopped trick-or-treating around age 13. But Halloween is really for moms anyway, at least when the kids are really young. There are a few years where...
by Shadra Bruce | Self-Improvement
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I’m not a millionaire or even close, but for the last seven years, I’ve comfortably worked from home, supporting my family while maintaining a work-life balance that keeps me content. While I have my share of moments where I...
by Kira Hazledine | Creating Balance, Self-Improvement, Stress Management
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Self-care is important, especially as a mom. You can’t possibly devote all the necessary energies to your kids if your own tank is measuring empty. As much as I try to repeat this mantra to myself, I must admit that I suck at...
by Kira Hazledine | Breastfeeding, On Motherhood
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Right now, I am blessed to be a work-at-home-mom. However, I did time in the workplace as a pregnant and breast-feeding mom. I was at work at 41 weeks on the morning of my induction, and I returned to work 6 weeks later (and yes, I...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance, Self-Improvement
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Would you have ever guessed that life would bring you to the moment that you’re in? Life never turns out as expected, and if it had, I might have been retired on a yacht somewhere in the South Pacific. Instead, I’m working...