by Shadra Bruce | Creating Balance
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Thanks to the wonderful community we’re building here, MomsGetReal has already logged two great discussions for 2012, one from Kathy Winn talking about the couch as the best location for celebrating New Year’s Eve, and one...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I’m not a grinch, really. But by the time we get here – Christmas eve-eve – I am normally about ready to skip the holiday altogether. The holidays are peculiar things for me. On one hand, I’m terribly excited...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce There’s been a lot of talk in the mommysphere lately about whether or not we’re going overboard at Christmas with the gifts we buy our kids. Yep. We do. So what?! Ok, so I don’t endorse going completely in debt,...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I loved my mom, and these almost six years without her have only served to make me realize how integral she was to my life. But, as a teen and young adult, we were as capable of butting heads as we were of being close friends. For so...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Opening Christmas presents might be what the kids look forward to the most, but it’s decorating the tree together that builds memories that last. If you celebrate Christmas, it’s likely your kids are already bouncing off the walls with...