Meg Sacks
I’m Skipping Christmas This Year
Okay, I don't mean skipping Christmas literally. We aren't totally ignoring Christmas. Kinda hard miss it to when Christmas carols start November 1, and your...
Why Our Family Loves Storyline Online
If you can get through the traffic on the ride home, homework tantrums, screaming, dinner mess, making lunches, cleaning out backpacks, bath and teeth...
Dear Mama: I Promise It Will Be Okay
A few weeks ago, I found myself back at a playground in our old neighborhood. My oldest son had a basketball game in the...
On The Road: Jax to Miami Beach
Miami Beach is straight south down I-95 and one left turn. While a great weekend getaway for couples due to fancy restaurants and kid-free...
Dropping Her Off and Letting Her Go
My oldest is going away for five weeks this summer. On her own. In a city. In a BIG city. Without us. Sure she'll...
‘Mom, Can I Play On Your Phone?’
The worst question in the world.
"Mom, can I play on your phone?"
It starts innocuously enough. You say yes while waiting at the doctor's office...
Right Here Is Where I Need to Be
"When are you coming home, Mama?" asks my little boy. "Will you be home to read to me?"
I am headed out the door for...
My Daughter Didn’t Go to TSwift, and OMG, She’s Fine
"Alright, here I go," said my 14-year-old with an eye roll as she got out of the car at morning drop off the Monday...
Watching From the Wings As She Follows Her Dreams
My teenager fell asleep in the car on the way home from Tampa, her head at an awkward angle against the seatbelt, her mouth...
Days When You Don’t Have Any Parenting Left in You
You know those days — when you come home and alllll you want to do is park yourself prostrate on the couch and scroll...
To Them, You Are Beautiful
One of my favorite videos from when my kids were small toddlers is one I recorded as the twins' nap finished. I turned on...
Just Take the Trip!
My husband and I had not been away together without children in about eight years. There were the years we had three kids in...