Author: Sarah Yakel

Summer has officially begun, and our kids are super busy.  Right after school let out, we went down to visit grandparents in Williamsburg.  We went to Busch Gardens and stayed until the park closed, then got up early the next day to be at Water Country at park opening, then saw movies and local sights.  […]

In keeping with the song titles theme that Nathan started a month ago, this weekend was filled with graduation celebrations for many of us.  Despite the gloomy rain, we enjoyed the one we attended yesterday.  Pictures of the graduate from a tiny baby to a high schooler decorated the house, and it was amazing to

Nathan always references cool songs in his blogs—the only one that came to mind for this blog was Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical”.  Not exactly a cool song, but I digress… Recently, I followed our usual Meridian advice to clients and started to review our own estate plan.  I hadn’t really looked at it

As we’ve written about many times, Meridian has been compliant with the 2016 Department of Labor fiduciary rule, as we have been fiduciaries since Meridian was founded in 2015.  To us, it just makes sense that your advisor should have your best interests in mind at all times!  As fiduciaries, we have the legal

My family and I just returned from a trip to see the Grand Canyon—we are all exhausted and overwhelmed with all of the beautiful things we saw. None of us had ever been to the Grand Canyon before, so we had no idea what to expect.  A friend of ours tried to explain it by […]

This is my daughter Melanie: While she may look pleasant and mild mannered, don’t let that fool you.  She turned twelve this year, and it seems we have entered the growing, changing (read: hormonal) phase of life.  Melanie’s mood can change lightening fast.  Here is a chart of her moods on a very typical day

This weekend, my family and I took a little trip to Lake Anna.  We stayed in a lovely house right on the water, and kayaks were provided.  As the weather was a cloudy and cold 40 degrees, I had no desire to get our in a kayak on the lake, but not to be dissuaded, […]

As I write this blog, I am sitting at the second sports practice of the three we have tonight.  Melanie just finished soccer practice, we are currently at Ben’s basketball practice, and we still have Ethan’s basketball practice to go.  All of our kids are blessed with great coaches, who care a lot about teaching

A Note from Sarah: “Our good friends down at Alpha Capital in Atlanta, GA penned this guest blog.  It happened to be almost exactly what I wanted to say in Meridian’s blog this week, so I asked if we could use it.  Happily, they obliged…enjoy!” What Happened The stock market last week tested the fortitude