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Ways to Show Teacher Appreciation

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by RAKI WRIGHT

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Celebrate National Teacher Appreciation week with some easy and inexpensive ideas to show how much you value your child's teacher this week. Today marks the beginning of National Teacher Appreciation Week. Even though my son is in fourth grade, I do not recall participating in this celebration before. In trying to find ideas for my son's ...

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Back to School, Gift Ideas, Teacher Appreciation

Is Your Student’s Athlete’s Heart at Risk?

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by RAKI WRIGHT

The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is offering a free, live Q&A to help active families understand the risk factors to put a student athlete's heart at risk of sudden heart failure. DID YOU KNOW? If defibrillation is administered within one minute of collapse, the survival rate for sudden heart failure goes up 90 percent. ...

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Filed Under: Family, Health Tagged With: Health, Student

Financial and Lifestyle Tips for the Working Mom

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by RAKI WRIGHT

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 Balancing the big three—work, children and a social life—for moms today is an arduous task. This is a guest post by Angie Picardo, a staff writer for Nerd Wallet. Working moms struggle daily to keep their heads above water, and far too often it becomes difficult to keep it together. Sure, it’s one thing to be making an income, but without ...

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Filed Under: Family, Finances, Work / Life Balance

13 Realistic New Year’s Resolutions for Working Moms in 2013, Part 4

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by RAKI WRIGHT

New Year's Resolutions are all the rage this time of year. Here are some realistic new year's resolution any working mom can pull off...with a little planning. Read Part 1 , Part 2, and Part 3 of this series on ways working moms can make realistic new year's resolutions. Here are the final four resolutions on the list: ...

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Filed Under: Family, Productivity Tagged With: Goal Setting, New Year's Resolutions

Mom’s Last Minute Guide to Valentine’s Day

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by RAKI WRIGHT

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Mom, did you wait until the last minute to prepare for Valentine's Day?  I have 14 easy ideas that can be pulled off, even the day before.   Whether you have younger or older kids, want to stay home or go out, I have some easy ideas that will fit every budget and taste. ...

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Valentine's Day

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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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