by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance, Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
by Shadra Bruce Let’s face it, whether you’re a single parent or just home alone with the kids, there are times when you simply need to take a break. When the kids were younger and Dave was still part of the corporate world, there were times when he was...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
I often write about being a stepmom from the point of view I have now. Right now, I have three step kids, ages 20, 20, and 24. Right now, I am the only mom in their life and we consider ourselves an integral and closely connected family. Right now, I don’t even...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
by Shadra Bruce I don’t pretend to ever be able to solve all the world’s problems, although I often think that if normal people with common sense were in charge of the country instead of Republicans and Democrats worried about re-election that things would...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Self-Improvement
by Shadra Bruce I don’t know about you, but somewhere along the way between being a wife, a mom, a writer, a business owner, and a caretaker, I’ve forgotten the pleasure of indulging myself. I skip buying new clothes because the money is better spent...
by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance, Let's Talk
by Shadra Bruce I grew up for the most part in Boise, Idaho. Not the biggest city in the world, but big enough that there was always plenty to do, and plenty of people I knew. Most importantly, it was where my mom and my sister lived, which meant I had a built in...
