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Book Nook: The Good Slope

Motherhood Moments

After Peder was born, in February 2000, I went on maternity leave from The Providence Journal , where I was working as a reporter. My first essay for East Side Monthly was published in November 2007, and my last one appeared in July 2018. I said, as I sat in his office in a blue-dotted medical gown. I was speechless, but happy.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

Family Balance Sheet

Aja’s wanted to boost her online income to an additional $2000 a month. The notes consisted of business loans and my husband’s student loan and we are projecting to be done in 2018. In 2017, we are committed to paying off the next loan, and by the end of 2018, we will pay off our final non-mortgage loan.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

Family Balance Sheet

He went back to school at the age of 34 to pursue a new career and has not regretted it, but his student loan was about the size of a small home mortgage when he graduated in 2000. The student loan should be paid off by the end of 2018. Projected pay off date December 2018. So what does this mean? We bought our home in 2001.

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