This weekend, our family went on a little mini-vacation to the Gaylord hotel in National Harbor.  If you’ve not been, the hotel is quite stunning when decked out for Christmas.  Numerous trees, twinkling lights, water fountain shows set to Christmas music, gingerbread villages—Christmas season was in full swing!

Last week, the ladies of Meridian all attended Leadercast Women, brought to Warrenton by LFCC Workforce Solutions. It was a powerful day of speakers and networking with other women in the community, and we all left with a lot to think about. One of the speakers was Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King,

Understanding the Equifax Data Breach and Its Impact The Equifax data breach has been highly publicized since the news broke on September 7, 2107.  In this huge breach, ranking in the top five of all time data thefts according to USA Today, the hackers stole personally identifiable information from 143 million

As a proud member of the 2017 Class of Leadership Fauquier, I have been afforded the opportunity to learn about many aspects of our wonderful community. One day each month for about one year, we spend a day out in the community hearing from different members/experts in various areas. Most recently, we attended

Today is Valentine’s Day—the day we celebrate love and the pursuit of living happily ever after in a loving, long-term relationship.  However, it is tough to find THE ONE—often you have to kiss a lot of frogs to finally meet the perfect match.  In a weird way, finding your financial advisor is a lot like

I just returned from an annual investment conference in Florida—it is one of my favorite to attend, not only because it is oceanside in Florida in January, but also because of the great content and cutting edge investment strategies that are discussed.  This year was no exception—it was a great conference and I

I am a saver at heart and like to have all my buckets “funded”; I make a special effort throughout the year to slowly build up my gift account.  I have a separate bank account that I transfer money into every week, albeit, just a microscopic amount based on the amount of money I typically […]

For me, this past week filled with all sorts of major shock.  I don’t think I have to explain the shocking election of reality TV star turned president.  But we were shocked to watch the stock market fall 5% in overnight trading, only to rally during the day following the election…and it went up the […]

Hello everyone, this is Cindy Legg and I am excited to be part of Meridian Financial Partners! I look forward to sharing some thoughts with all of you for Meridian’s blog this week. Have you ever planned a large party or better yet, your own wedding?  If you have, you probably started looking through hundreds or