About Madison Bruce

How can a person sum up who they are in a few brief paragraphs?  How much do you want to know about me?  I consider myself a late bloomer.  I drifted along for an exceptionally long time, allowing the current of my environment to determine my course.  So, it’s no wonder when I “woke up” at the age of 49 realizing that I really hadn’t done anything of any renown to speak of. 

I have been like electricity or like water, taking the path of least resistance.  Trying to just remain comfortable.  Fearing the unknown and fearing being judged or being held accountable for anything that I might have done or not done.  And in doing so, having done nothing.  Looking back, I can’t remember much of my life because I didn’t have one.  I had an existence.

I didn’t like that.  I had a burning desire to create a legacy, but I never allowed it to surface.  Because creating a legacy takes energy.  It takes risk.  It takes vulnerability.  These were elements to which I was not familiar. 

I easily blamed my lack of growth upon the external forces, husband, children, etc.  but they were just excuses.  It was my own unwillingness to be uncomfortable that kept me planted.

Then I met someone who preached about following your passion and if you’re not following your passion, why the hell are you living?  Well.  That certainly got me thinking and evaluating and I came up lacking.  I was not a role model for my daughters.  I was nothing more than a place holder in the census. 

I decided to change that.

The thing about change is that it’s never as fast as you think it will be.  It’s never a straight line either.  Because, you see, as you take steps to change, there’s still life to be lived, dinners to plan, relationships to maintain.

I started college.  One course, then two, then full time.  I was hesitant because I was old… yeah, 49 years old.  But I found out that with a great amount of determination I could do this school thing pretty well.  Then they whomever “they” are, decided to start throwing scholarships at me.   And one scholarship, the All USA Academic Scholarship found me with my option of going to any of the three Arizona state universities. For FREE. 

So, I went to Arizona Sate University and started working toward my BS in Technical Communications.  You see, I am a writer and I wanted a degree that focused on writing.  But I’m not a creative writer even thought there is a story inside of me that keeps thinking it needs to be written down.  I don’t know if it every will.  Because, after I graduated, of course it was after 5 years of college, I found out that I have ADD.  So, I have a difficult time staying on task. If a project  requires me to come back to it, it probably won’t be finished.  That’s why I like blogging so much.  I can sit and write and finish a blog, even a lengthy one, in a single sitting.  Because, I don’t have hyperactive ADD and I can sit for long lengths of time.  And I do.

So now I have this degree.  What the hell am I going to do with it? Nothing came to mind right away. 

I had been working full time throughout my college and university days.  I also found these two direct sales companies with which I aligned myself.  Lemongrass Spa Products and Paparazzi Accessories.  You’ll hear more about them in other pages.

Then enter 2020.  I probably don’t really need to go into much detail and explanation about 2020.  I’m sure 2020 will go down in history as the year that everyone’s world turned upside down.

My employer decided my position was no longer needed and they let me go.  Now I had decisions to make. Here was my opportunity, handed to me on a silver platter.  It’s do or die time.  Obviously not literally, I am married after all to the very same guy who said, “follow your passion”.  It was time to put up or shut up.

I always said that I didn’t know how to do living.  My house is a mess.  My office is a mess.  I’m overweight.  I have so many flaws.  Surely if I were living life  the right way, my house would be showroom ready, my office would look like a magazine spread and I would be of an ideal weight and muscle tone, right?

But here I am, taking life by the horns and am creating a legacy.  *fingers crossed*

I am a Barry Manilow loving Fanilow (I walked down the aisle to Can’t Sing Without You when Mike and I got married in December 2018).  I’m a crazy cat lady, just ask anyone about Penelope Rose (she has her own Facebook and Instagram pages).  I love our pit bull, The Dozer.  I have three adult daughters, Shannon, Siobhan, and Shaune.  I am married to Mike Bruce who, for all intents and purposed is totally wrong for me, on paper, but who treats me like a queen.  Yes, the sun rises and falls on my head for that man.  I am blessed to the extreme and I thank God every day for my blessings as I sit and talk with him in my office.  If you’re not afraid, follow me in my crazy, messed up, tangled up life.

I’m a public speaker.  A damned good one too.  I am a writer.  Some say that my writing ability is superior.  At least the English awards would back that up.  I am an entrepreneur.  I am a Hamilton Fan, aka Hamilfan.  I love my God, my family, and my country.  I’m flawed but let me tell you this, I will always be real with you.