Meg Sacks
Meg is a working mom of four and an avid community volunteer. She has worked in corporate communications and media relations for more than 18 years, for a Fortune 500 company as well as a non-profit. She took some time off to enjoy life as a stay at home mom after the birth of her first child in 2008. Her sweet, introverted daughter, was excited to welcome her baby brother in 2013, and then boy/girl twins joined the family in 2016. Meg finds being an “office mama” a constant balancing act and never-ending challenge but enjoys the opportunities it offers her for personal growth. A Virginia girl at heart, she loves Florida’s warm weather, the great quality of life Jacksonville offers her family.
More Than Just Ice Cream: Daddy Daughter Dates
My husband’s bond with our daughter has always been a special one. It may be because, from day one he was very much involved in taking care of her, I was so sick after...
Oh Baby! Product Overload, Part III: 10 Baby Items You Should Borrow
When I was putting the lists of things to buy or not buy together, my mama friends also told me there were things they bought they wished they hadn’t. And not because they weren’t...
Oh Baby! Product Overload, Part II: 10 Baby Items You *Should* Register For
I’m going to save everyone’s time and some internet space and skip the obvious items here: car seat, stroller with good sun protection, thermometer, crib, bouncer, breast pump, Ergo or similar baby carrier, diaper...
Oh Baby! Product Overload, Part I: 10 Baby Items Not to Register For
Preparing for a baby is an exciting and special time. It is also overwhelming. I know that shopping for baby products can just reduce a hormonal mama-to-be to tears – there is so much...
My Family Journey: Coming Through Infertility
One Sunday three years ago I watched my husband carry pieces of my daughter’s crib to the end of our driveway for the trash crew. Months before, we had moved Mattie into a “big...
Gluing Together Summer Child Care
My mother was a teacher, and as far as I can remember summer was what it was “supposed” to be – trips to the beach and long afternoons reading or playing. But when you...
No Time to Read: Best Books for Working Moms
Here are five books that I’d recommend to anyone, but especially working mothers. I know, I know, you don’t have time to read them, but put them on your list of things to get to one day!
Birthday Dilemma: To Party, or Not to Party?
My son turned one last week. It was exciting and sweet, sad and fun, and a bit exhausting.
I say exhausting, because we had a birthday party for him.
Okay, we had a birthday party for...
Having Lunch and Eating it Too: Making the Most of Lunch Hour
One of the most challenging things about being an office mom is fitting it all in. I can spend entire weekends running errands if I don’t knock some of them out during the week....
Loving My Kids but Choosing to Work
Making the decision to go back to work or stay home is enormous, often difficult and stressful.
With my first child, I decided to stay home. With my second, I decided to go back to...
Loving the Gap
My children are five and ten months. Sometimes people are surprised at the age gap – they have a soft puzzled look on their faces, but they rarely ask why. Others say “Smart. We...
Traveling for Work :: Making it Easier
My husband is a very “hands–on” dad – he always gets up with the kids in the morning, and feeds and gets them dressed, so that I can sleep a little longer. (I take...