By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Oct 1st, 2021
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article by Meredith McKinnie When I was pregnant, my mother gave me my baby book, one of those “fill in the sentence” prompters that chronicled my childhood. Mom’s attention to detail was astonishing. She kept track of every inch, ounce, dietary preference, and scraped knee, not to mention countless ...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Sep 1st, 2021
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article by Meredith McKinnie Carrying a baby to term, delivering and caring for the baby and breastfeeding for a year is an adventure, one I underestimated, yet completed. I learned pregnancy in my mid-thirties is harder on the body. My girlfriends who were pregnant decades apart noticed a significan...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Aug 1st, 2021
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article by Meredith McKinnie We were assembled in a semicircle on rafts, the sun hot on our skin. Meeting for Saturday swims in my family’s pool has become a weekly ritual. The summer temps in Louisiana leave little room for any other outdoor activity apart from water submersion. My girlfriend and I ...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jun 30th, 2021
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article by Meredith McKinnie My dear friend and I met in the halls at school. We were both teaching, and he wandered into my office one day between classes. We connected because we were both single, appreciate the therapy of a good belly laugh, thrive on snarky comebacks, and have the same no-nonsens...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
May 28th, 2021
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article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE Sometimes, I miss being alone. In the last seven years, my life has gone from being a party of one to a party of five. I had a decade to myself prior to meeting my husband. Time was my friend; we coalesced and rarely hurried through life. Being a wife […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Apr 29th, 2021
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article by Meredith McKinnie Growing up as a young woman in the south means learning to be polite, to respect authority, to follow the rules as established, to be brave within the confines of tradition. At least these are the guidelines imparted on me years ago. Judging by the behavior of my peers, m...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Mar 29th, 2021
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article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE WITH A LITTLE LOVE AND SOME TENDERNESS…WE’LL WALK UPON THE WATER…WE’LL RISE ABOVE THE MESS I was riding with a ten-year-old when one of the soundtracks of my youth came on the radio. The song was Hold My Hand by Hootie and the Blowfish, and I knew every word. ...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Mar 3rd, 2021
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article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE I gathered the pantyhose into the palm of my hand and started the awkward half-sitting, half-standing dance of maneuvering my body into the confining undergarment. Mom insisted I wear them for church, but they looked ridiculous. Everyone wore suntan, even though our arms ...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jan 28th, 2021
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article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE We want our children to be happy. It’s probably what parents want most for their children. But genuine happiness is tricky and rarely constant. Often happiness involves soul searching, enduring hardship, and coming to appreciate life’s simplicities. As a mother, I think a...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jan 6th, 2021
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article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE I work with millennials and Gen-Z daily, and I love interacting with them. My students keep me young and in-the-know. The older I get, the more critical this exposure has become. When I started teaching at the college level, I was only six years older than my students. I ...
