By Katie Sloan
In Meredith's Musings
Nov 30th, 2017
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by Meredith McKinnie Christmas is in a few weeks, and it will be my daughter’s first one. She’s only 3 months old now, and completely oblivious to the season. She’s aware of the nip in the air, as she grips her fingers and toes tight when I take her out on a cold day. She’s […]...
By Katie Sloan
In Center Block
Oct 30th, 2017
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I woke up yesterday morning to a text from my girlfriend. “Um…so, my boyfriend told me I’ve gained weight, he seems concerned and I don’t know what to do with that.” My eyes were still adjusting to the bright light of my phone, and I reread the text three times to be sure I understood. I [&hell...
By Katie Sloan
In Meredith's Musings
Sep 25th, 2017
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Article by Meredith McKinnie W e’ll call her Corinne. She’s a wife, a mother, a giver, a human soul going through the motions, blinded by failure, but encouraged by hope. Eight months ago she filed for divorce from her husband of nine years and 11 months. One month shy of 10 years. As if that extra [...
By Katie Sloan
In Center Block
Jul 31st, 2017
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I was in a lecture the other day on privilege. I committed this past semester at school to creating lectures and organizing speakers around the topic. My thought process was: we always hear about oppression, to the point the unaffected roll their eyes. How do we get them to listen, many for the first...
By Katie Sloan
In Center Block
Jul 10th, 2017
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article by Meredith McKinnie I loathe the question, “When are you having kids?” I regret that it’s common, accepted, reflex even. It usually escapes the mouth of someone older, as if said stranger is making a homemade timeline of my life and needs that checked off today. My grandmother used to say it...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
May 5th, 2017
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by Meredith McKinnie I remember feeling my mother’s palm snap in front of my face, when the inappropriate scene suddenly appeared on the movie screen about ten minutes into the blockbuster Jerry Maguire. I was fourteen, and my sister was ten, and as always, Mom took us to the movies she wanted to see...
By Nathan Coker
In Meredith's Musings
Mar 2nd, 2017
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article by Meredith McKinnie The presidential election dominated the headlines. Even those never interested in politics suddenly had an opinion. It was a hotly contested battlefield, and everyone was watching. For the first time in history, a woman won the no...
By Admin
In Meredith's Musings
Jan 22nd, 2017
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Viva Las Vegas article by Meredith McKinnie On July 5 of last year, Boyfriend got down on one knee in the privacy of our living room and asked me to be his wife. We were both crying, though I wasn’t exactly surprised. We had felt married for years. And not wanting to wait after almost […]...
By Admin
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Jan 9th, 2017
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I Hope I’m Not Ready article by Meredith McKinnie A few days before Christmas, I attended a funeral. My good friend’s father had died suddenly, and I was heartbroken for my friend. He wasn’t ready. We rarely are, and though he put on a brave face, the flood of emotion was waiting to trickle dow...
By Admin
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Dec 9th, 2016
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article by Meredith McKinnie We found out we were pregnant in April. We found out we weren’t anymore in June. During the hope and expectation and emotion and hormones, before the heartbreak, I wrote a letter to a fetus I was sure would be a little girl… May she giggle when she runs in the […]...
