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How to Balance Your Career When You Adopt for the First Time

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Are you adopting a child for the first time? Are you wondering how you can balance a career with a new child? This post will share four things new adoptive moms can do to ensure that they can balance their hectic home and work lives.

Are you adopting a child for the first time? Are you wondering how you can balance a career with a new child? This post will share four things new adoptive moms can do to ensure that they can balance their hectic home and work lives. Adopting a child can be one of the most emotionally draining and psychologically taxing (but at the same time ...

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Filed Under: New Working Mom, Parenting, Work / Life Balance Tagged With: Adoption, Baby

Why Our Kids Should Spend Time Around Animals

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Children are drawn to animals from a young age. Their favorite television shows and movies are filled with talking animals, we teach them the sounds that animals make, and we give them stuffed animals to sleep with. You can click here for more information about the differences between emotional support and service pets. This post was written ...

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Filed Under: Family Time Tagged With: Animals, Enjoying Outdoors, Outdoors, Pets

Things to Do in Washington, DC: Omni Shoreham Hotel

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Are you looking for fun things to do in Washington, DC? I've found the perfect place to stay whether you are traveling alone, as a couple, or with your family. My family and I live in the southwestern part of Virginia. When my husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary, we wanted to do something a little different and more special ...

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Things to Do in Washington DC, Washington DC

What You Need to Know About Vaping When Your Kids Ask

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Talking with kids about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco are important topics to me since I have a 13-year-old son. Here are six things you need to know about vaping.

Talking with kids about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco are important topics to me since I have a 13-year-old son. Here are six things you need to know about vaping. As tweens and teens spend time with friends and older kids, they can be exposed to these things. I believe it is important to talk to our kids about these topics early before their ...

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Smoking, Teens, Tweens, Vaping

5 Ways to Find the Perfect Gift

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by RAKI WRIGHT

Do you dread having several gift giving occasions coming up this year? Don't miss these five fantastic (and super easy) ways to find the perfect gifts for less!

Do you dread having several gift giving occasions coming up this year? Don't miss these five fantastic (and super easy) ways to find the perfect gifts for less! This is a sponsored post. All opinions are mine. In the next few months, several gift giving occasions will be coming: my anniversary, Mother's Day, my birthday, high school ...

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Filed Under: Family Time, Holidays Tagged With: Gift Ideas, Gifts

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Welcome! I'm Raki. I am a working mom of 2 (22-year old son and 15-year old daughter). I share tips to balance work, family, and make time for you. More...

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