By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Dec 30th, 2019
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Learning to not rush the moments that are worth savoring is the perfect self-care resolution for this new year. article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE With the new year, we all are forced to evaluate where we are, what we’ve accomplished, and what we plan to do in the upcoming year. Some of us make lists and [...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Nov 30th, 2019
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It’s important to take a well-deserved break from the fast pace of life and immerse yourself in the things that matter most. article by MEREDITH MCKINNIE I’ve been having this daydream for the last few months. Husband, me, the girls are all curled up on the couch, a big bowl of husband’s homemade pop...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Oct 31st, 2019
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Tell Me Something Sweet | By Meredith McKinnie He told me he loved me on a Saturday, three weeks to the day we’d met. We were standing in the short hallway of his 900 square foot apartment, under the faded fluorescent light beaming from the even tinier kitchen. I already knew it, but he said [&hellip...
By Nathan Coker
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Sep 30th, 2019
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Almond Eyes | By Meredith McKinnie We buried my 25-year-old niece a year ago this month.. An appropriately overcast day, the sun refused to shine on our grief. I say our grief, but mine was less than others. This now-adult niece of mine, I hadn’t seen her in almost a decade. Members of the family [&h...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Aug 30th, 2019
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By Meredith McKinnie Rejection. It’s always personal, even when it isn’t. I tell my students when they don’t get into a coveted program to “keep trying… think outside the prescribed box…reconsider your goal… redefine your purpose… make sure that it’s what you want.” I now realize how asinine it all s...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jul 29th, 2019
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By Meredith McKinnie My dearest Fable, you surprised us. Your father and I had discussed another child, but you insisted on coming earlier than we planned. And we’re planners. May you continue to surprise us, for life is best lived on the wings of spontaneity. You will inevitably grow up in your sist...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Jul 1st, 2019
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article by Meredith McKinnie In my twenties, it always felt like my friends were living life while I was waiting on mine to start. They were getting married, having babies, buying bigger houses, taking grownup jobs. I was getting divorced, childless, moving back into my parent’s home, though with a b...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
May 28th, 2019
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article by Meredith McKinnie This is a love letter to the daddy of my girls. I fell in love with the man, but fell more in love with the father. Marrying a man who is already a dad was a blessing. It was a preview of the father he would be to our children together. […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Apr 30th, 2019
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Modern Tradition article by Meredith McKinnie My cream-colored simple stationery with embossed script bearing the eight letters of my first name lasted a decade. I conveniently bought an eight pack of generic cards with no personality…not the same. I like the elegance of my fancy cards. My words dese...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Mar 30th, 2019
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article by Meredith McKinnie I taught a Bible school class about ten years ago at my mother’s church. I remember a little boy, named Harry Potter. Of course, that wasn’t his real name, but it is what he wanted to go by, so I let him. I wrote the name in huge letters, first and […]...
