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In Meredith's Musings
Aug 29th, 2016
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article by Meredith McKinnie I’ve always been presented aging as a tradeoff. The physical ailments show up more pronounced, but with each decade we become more ourselves, more comfortable in our skin. I’m only on my third decade, and I know this to be the case. I can’t imagine how I’ll feel at 50. I’...
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In Meredith's Musings
Aug 1st, 2016
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article by Meredith McKinnie I have a standing reservation every Friday night. It’s Friday Night Supper Club. And yes, the name is original. We meet on Friday; we have supper, and we’re an elusive club; just try breaking in. These people matter enough for me to reserve one day out of every seven just...
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In Meredith's Musings
Jun 27th, 2016
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article by Meredith McKinnie Baseball began in February this year, and I’ve never seen Boyfriend so excited. He had recently transferred from a head coaching position at one school to an assistant position at another to learn from a longstanding head coach he much respected. He wanted to learn from t...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jun 2nd, 2016
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I Hate Gay People article by Meredith McKinnie It’s not a sentiment. It’s a statement. Thankfully it’s one I haven’t heard in person in quite some time. Sure, randomly we encounter an ignorant post or condemnation, but verbally, in my face, not for years. So that day, when he made that statement, I w...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
Apr 27th, 2016
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by Meredith McKinnie It was a fresh out of college Southern fairytale. He proposed; she said yes; everyone rejoiced, well…everyone but me. I remember the day I saw the Facebook post from her mother announcing the engagement. I was aghast, and mad, and frankly, disappointed. She was only twenty years ...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
Apr 5th, 2016
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article by Meredith McKinnie Sixteen years ago, I made the decision to not attend a popular college four hours south and instead stayed home and went to ULM, an institution only one year removed from its former name as Northeast Louisiana University. My best friend made the same decision. And admitte...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Mar 2nd, 2016
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by Meredith McKinnie I was in a meeting of powerful women the other day, and I mean career powerful, educated in their respective fields for decades and clawed their way to the top women. Our meeting was about celebrating women and educating the next generation about success and leading by example. I...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
Feb 1st, 2016
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article by Meredith McKinnie It’s been two years and eight months since we first met. And in that time, not so much as a petal. No roses for Valentine’s Day, no lilies on my birthday, no convenient camellias picked from my Mom’s garden just because, no sliding the stem behind my ear for affect…...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jan 4th, 2016
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article by Meredtih McKinnie A childhood friend of mine recently gave birth for the first time. This is an odd dynamic, as I feel I have three groups of friends. One group did their birthing ten plus years ago, others are just getting around to it, and the third turns their noses up at the […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
Dec 1st, 2015
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article by Meredith McKinnie My mother told me once, “Meredith, don’t marry a man with kids if you can help it. It’s a nightmare.” And unlike other twenty-somethings, I listened to my parents. I avoided men with the “me + 1 or 2 or (God Forbid) 3” like the plague. I didn’t let myself fall. […]...
