Author: Sarah Yakel

“Reset” has been a big theme of 2019 so far—resetting involves setting back to an initial state—sometimes the baseline of zero, other times simply an adjustment after getting far away from normal. In basketball, we’ve been working on resetting—when the initial fast break doesn’t yield anything promising,

At Christmas, we enjoy reading familiar stories and watching favorite movies as part of our annual family tradition.  Watching Will Ferrell in ELF for the millionth time marks the official start of Christmas for the Yakel clan. As humans, our brains are wired to crave stories—good, bad, heroes that rise above all

Last week, we gathered hot, cranky and tired children and spouses of Meridian and made them take our annual Meridian family photo.  Luckily, our friend, Jen Dowell, is an amazing photographer and maybe an even better Photoshop editor? With affordable pricing and great services, Andy Defrancesco is proving to be a

This week, our beloved dog sitter, Erika, is taking a much-deserved break from her regular routine…Milo included.  So, Milo has been happily jumping in the car every morning to drop the kids at school and then come with me to Meridian. As much as Milo loves the together time, I am missing our dog sitter. 

As I write this blog, Hurricane Lane is approaching Hawaii and residents are facing the largest storm in 26 years.  News footage is dominated with charts of the storm’s path, balanced with residents buying water and other staples or evacuating. When this is posted, Hurricane Lane should be well past Hawaii and

I write this post from Williamsburg as I deliver my three kids to my parents to stay this coming week—the annual parent-free visit with grandparents!  My kids look forward to this week all summer…I am not sure my parents share the same enthusiasm… On the trip down, Melanie and I had a nice talk about […]

As I write this, we are packing up to head out on a small road trip to visit friends and clients.  Thankfully, with electronic devices, our kids are mostly self-entertained on the road, but invariably—about an hour into the trip–the littlest will pull out the age old question—”are we there yet?” We are sort

I am not the biggest fan of Facebook—I do recognize its value and admit to scrolling regularly to see what the rest of the world is up to, but generally I am not a huge contributor.  However, this weekend, Facebook reminded me that two years ago, Milo looked like this: Two short years and 140 […]

  Happy 4th of July eve!  Tomorrow we celebrate our nation’s fight for independence with BBQs, pool parties, and fireworks—and oddly enough lots of hot dogs.  Apparently, Americans consume over 150 million hot dogs on July 4th.  Pretty impressive.Our forefathers fought for independence from outside and