By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Mar 1st, 2022
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article by Meredith McKinnie As we gathered our Bibles and purses and rushed toward the door, my friend’s mother yelled, “I hope you put on your face.” We were late for Sunday night services and my friend rolled her eyes in protest. “ We don’t have time. Let’s go,” I said. Every car ride felt [&helli...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Feb 1st, 2022
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by Meredith McKinnie A bout nine years ago, before my husband and toddlers, I was more footloose and fancy free. I adored the nightlife – not the typical club scene, but the more relaxed pub environment. I enjoyed the freedom to just be for hours amongst others my age and well above. Ironically...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jan 1st, 2022
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article by Meredith McKinnie My body and I have been battling for almost four decades. As a kid, I just lived in my body, in harmony. I biked and swam with friends, leaped over puddles, stretched for basketballs goals out of reach, fell down, scraped knees, and kept going. Too busy living, I didn’t t...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Dec 1st, 2021
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article by Meredith McKinnie Do kids still write and mail letters to Santa? Do they rely on whispers exchanged on his lap? Can we text Santa now? With toddlers, these issues matter to me again. I remember composing letters to Santa as a kid. Mother was the keeper of all things and found one the [&hel...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Nov 3rd, 2021
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article by Meredith McKinnie I. Love. You. The way the “I” rolls off the tongue and the “Y” rounds the lips into a kissing pose makes the words discernable across the room. We’ve all had an “I love you” that took us by surprise. The unexpected “I love you” floods the body with butterflies. Someone [&...
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 […]...
