by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce My mom would have turned 68 this month. It’s hard for me to even imagine her at that age. She died two weeks after my 35th birthday in 2006. She was 55. Cancer. For many years, my grief was almost unbearable, but life being what it...
by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Winter is coming. Are you ready to argue with your fashion-focused daughters about wearing clothes that won’t lead to hypothermia? I’ve been facing this annual struggle since our youngest daughter, Anika, could pick her own...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My daughter, Anika, will turn 10 years old this year. Sometimes I look at her and see an image of the child I used to be. She has the same big brown inquisitive eyes, the same dimple in her cheek, and the same long brown hair. I look at...
