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. […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Oct 26th, 2015
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“Can’t We All Just Drink Our Own Cup of Tea?” article by Meredith McKinnie A few weeks ago my boyfriend’s family was in town, including Charlotte, my one-day-to-be sister-in-law. Charlotte and I bonded from the start. We just get each other. I would hang out with her even if I didn’t have to, so the ...
By Nathan Coker
In Center Block
Sep 25th, 2015
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article by Meredith McKinnie He’s a coach, but I’m not his wife. Technically, I’m just the girlfriend, even though I cook for us, buy our groceries, wake up next to him. I make our breakfast, assemble our lunches, kiss him goodbye, and during season, I know it will be twelve to sixt...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Aug 28th, 2015
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article by Meredith McKinnie On Ash Wednesday, I accompanied my best friend of ten plus years to see a divorce attorney. I was nervous for her. Having been through a divorce myself seven years ago, I know the pain, the sense of failure, the scariness of the ending and the anticipation of a new beginn...
