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.
Dear Mom and Dad: I Get It Now
"Because I said so." "I'm the Mom." "Pick up your stuff." "Brush your TEETH." Over and over I heard myself saying these things to my kids. And sometimes when I say them, I hear...
‘What Will Survive of Us Is Love’
My son is really into history. He likes learning about presidents and events of the past and people who changed the world. He loves the "Where Was," "What Is," "Who Was," books, that talk...
The Worst Part of Motherhood
It's not the spit-up or vomit in your bed in the middle of the night. Or the pee in your face from a new baby boy, the mud fights or Sharpie on the wall...
The Heartbreak Over Their Growing Up
We are done. No more training wheels. A few teeth to lose, sure, but even the trucks and Disney princesses don’t really hold their interest anymore. Now we are onto baseball, Instagram, and nail...
My Kids Keep a Summer Journal (and They Love It!)
Recently we took a big trip for two weeks to Boston. Before we left I was going through back-to-school communications and saw that my kids had summer reading, some math, and needed to do...
Boston: Why We Love This City for Kids!
We recently spent two weeks in Boston with four kids. Our oldest attended a special program she had been accepted to during the day, and that left me (and my husband when he wasn't...
What I’ll Miss Most Now That School Is Over
School is almost out, and I am happy and sad about that. Happy because the camp schedule will be easier on me, I won't have to force them out the door by 7:30 every...
Would I Be a Better Mom If I Didn’t Work?
After 11 years and three babies while working you would think this question would no longer cross my mind, but it does. I did stay home with my first child until she was almost...
The ‘No TV’ Rule In Our House
We have a "no TV" rule in our house. The rule is: No TV during the week. You'd think it would make our life harder, but it actually makes it easier. This is because...
The Child That Makes Me Slow Down
I have four kids. Four wonderfully made, beautifully different kids. One has to be outside playing with a ball at all times, one spends all his free time on his computer, one locks herself...
Saving Monkeys, Wiping Tears, Fighting Fires Every Day
"You're gone an hour and complete chaos erupts," says my husband as I walk in the door from a run.
"That's why I always feel like I can't go run," I answer.
"Go. I really want...
Something About Boys and Their Mamas
When someone tells me they are having a boy I smile inside. I had always, always wanted all girls, and our second was a boy. I had no idea what I was in for....