{"id":4095,"date":"2023-09-12T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T00:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/?page_id=4095"},"modified":"2023-09-23T00:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T00:25:07","slug":"essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/essays\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large width_custom\" style=\"--site-content-width:1200px;\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--additional-gap:0.5em;\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Essays<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-html\">\n\t\n\t<script>\n\t\/\/Hiding links to the 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.usg_post_image_1{width:100%!important;border-radius:0.25rem!important;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.55)!important;border-width:3px 3px 3px 0!important;box-shadow:4px 4px 0 0 rgba(35,19,28,0.2)!important}@media (min-width:1025px) and (max-width:1280px){.layout_2495 .usg_vwrapper_4{padding:1.5rem!important}}@media (min-width:601px) and (max-width:1024px){.layout_2495 .usg_vwrapper_4{padding:1.5rem!important}}@media (max-width:600px){.layout_2495 .usg_vwrapper_4{margin-left:1rem!important;margin-right:1rem!important;padding:1.5rem!important}}<\/style><div class=\"g-filters style_1 align_left\"><button class=\"g-filters-item active\" data-taxonomy=\"*\"><span>All<\/span><\/button><button class=\"g-filters-item\" data-taxonomy=\"essays\" data-amount=\"5\"><span>Essays<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">5<\/span><\/button><button class=\"g-filters-item\" data-taxonomy=\"opinions\" data-amount=\"14\"><span>Opinions<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">14<\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"w-grid-list\" data-filter_taxonomy_name=\"category\" data-filter_default_taxonomies=\"essays,opinions\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3652 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays\" data-id=\"3652\" style=\"animation-delay:0s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2023\/06\/29\/what-we-mean-when-we-say-we-miss-newsrooms\/\" aria-label=\"What we mean when we say we miss newsrooms\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/What-we-mean-when-we-say-we-miss-newsrooms-1024x627.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"What we mean when we say we miss newsrooms\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/What-we-mean-when-we-say-we-miss-newsrooms-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/What-we-mean-when-we-say-we-miss-newsrooms-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/What-we-mean-when-we-say-we-miss-newsrooms-600x367.png 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/What-we-mean-when-we-say-we-miss-newsrooms.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-06-29T19:47:14+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>June 29, 2023<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-1 term-essays\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/essays\/\">Essays<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2023\/06\/29\/what-we-mean-when-we-say-we-miss-newsrooms\/\">What we mean when we say we miss newsrooms<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\"><p>If my former newsrooms were people I would be attending many funerals. 2,500 newspapers in the United States have closed since 2005. The country will lose one-third of its newspapers by 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3644 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays\" data-id=\"3644\" style=\"animation-delay:0.1s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2023\/02\/26\/shifting-gears-teaching-my-autistic-daughter-to-drive\/\" aria-label=\"Shifting gears: Teaching my autistic daughter to drive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Isabel-and-I-pose-in-front-of-Ruby-the-red-Volvo-before-our-first-cross-country-drive-from-Alabama-to-Los-Angeles-July-2015-1024x917.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isabel and I pose in front of Ruby, the red Volvo, before our first cross-country drive from Alabama to Los Angeles, July, 2015.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Isabel-and-I-pose-in-front-of-Ruby-the-red-Volvo-before-our-first-cross-country-drive-from-Alabama-to-Los-Angeles-July-2015-1024x917.png 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Isabel-and-I-pose-in-front-of-Ruby-the-red-Volvo-before-our-first-cross-country-drive-from-Alabama-to-Los-Angeles-July-2015-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Isabel-and-I-pose-in-front-of-Ruby-the-red-Volvo-before-our-first-cross-country-drive-from-Alabama-to-Los-Angeles-July-2015-600x538.png 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Isabel-and-I-pose-in-front-of-Ruby-the-red-Volvo-before-our-first-cross-country-drive-from-Alabama-to-Los-Angeles-July-2015-446x400.png 446w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Isabel-and-I-pose-in-front-of-Ruby-the-red-Volvo-before-our-first-cross-country-drive-from-Alabama-to-Los-Angeles-July-2015-54x48.png 54w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Isabel-and-I-pose-in-front-of-Ruby-the-red-Volvo-before-our-first-cross-country-drive-from-Alabama-to-Los-Angeles-July-2015.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-02-26T19:33:29+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>February 26, 2023<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-1 term-essays\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/essays\/\">Essays<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2023\/02\/26\/shifting-gears-teaching-my-autistic-daughter-to-drive\/\">Shifting gears: Teaching my autistic daughter to drive<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\"><p>Ican tell you the day I discovered freedom because I remember every intoxicating detail of the moment I drove alone for the first time after getting my driver\u2019s license. Now, in what seems like a single heartbeat of time, my daughter is learning to drive.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3881 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays\" data-id=\"3881\" style=\"animation-delay:0.2s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2022\/04\/16\/i-raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall\/\" aria-label=\"I Raised My Child in a Shopping Mall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-04-16T13:38:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>April 16, 2022<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-1 term-essays\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/essays\/\">Essays<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2022\/04\/16\/i-raised-my-child-in-a-shopping-mall\/\">I Raised My Child in a Shopping Mall<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Please enjoy this essay on my Medium blog, Woman of a Certain Rage.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3884 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3884\" style=\"animation-delay:0.3s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2022\/02\/18\/support-alabama-bill-to-increase-the-period-when-a-sexual-abuse-survivor-can-sue\/\" aria-label=\"Support Alabama bill to increase the period when a sexual abuse survivor can sue\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alabama-State-House-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Alabama State House\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alabama-State-House-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alabama-State-House-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alabama-State-House-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alabama-State-House-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Alabama-State-House.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-02-18T16:22:30+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>February 18, 2022<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2022\/02\/18\/support-alabama-bill-to-increase-the-period-when-a-sexual-abuse-survivor-can-sue\/\">Support Alabama bill to increase the period when a sexual abuse survivor can sue<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This originally appeared on al.com Feb. 18, 2022 If you have been, or are, experiencing sexual assault, contact Rainn or Darkness to Light for help. Alabama is actively participating in&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3887 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3887\" style=\"animation-delay:0.4s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2022\/01\/25\/with-better-gun-laws-fewer-people-die\/\" aria-label=\"With better gun laws, fewer people die.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/guns-seized-by-tobacco-firearms-office-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/guns-seized-by-tobacco-firearms-office-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/guns-seized-by-tobacco-firearms-office-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/guns-seized-by-tobacco-firearms-office-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/guns-seized-by-tobacco-firearms-office.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-01-25T17:01:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>January 25, 2022<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2022\/01\/25\/with-better-gun-laws-fewer-people-die\/\">With better gun laws, fewer people die.<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">A brain teaser book I pull out at small gatherings has a question that asks, \u201cIf you could invent something that would be good for humanity overall, but also kill&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3875 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays\" data-id=\"3875\" style=\"animation-delay:0.5s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2021\/04\/27\/on-the-other-side-of-the-tornado-10-years-later-we-are-still-broken-and-also-on-the-mend\/\" aria-label=\"On the other side of the tornado: 10 years later, we are still broken and also on the mend\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tornado-in-Alabama-1024x765.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tornado in Alabama\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tornado-in-Alabama-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tornado-in-Alabama-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tornado-in-Alabama-600x448.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tornado-in-Alabama-535x400.jpg 535w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/tornado-in-Alabama.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-04-27T13:12:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>April 27, 2021<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-1 term-essays\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/essays\/\">Essays<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2021\/04\/27\/on-the-other-side-of-the-tornado-10-years-later-we-are-still-broken-and-also-on-the-mend\/\">On the other side of the tornado: 10 years later, we are still broken and also on the mend<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Please enjoy this essay on my blog, Woman of a Certain Rage.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3878 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays\" data-id=\"3878\" style=\"animation-delay:0s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2021\/03\/31\/my-adult-daughter-was-diagnosed-with-autism-it-changed-everything\/\" aria-label=\"My adult daughter was diagnosed with autism. It changed everything.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adult-autism-1024x896.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Adult autism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adult-autism-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adult-autism-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adult-autism-600x525.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adult-autism-457x400.jpg 457w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/adult-autism-54x48.jpg 54w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-03-31T13:38:09+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>March 31, 2021<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-1 term-essays\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/essays\/\">Essays<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2021\/03\/31\/my-adult-daughter-was-diagnosed-with-autism-it-changed-everything\/\">My adult daughter was diagnosed with autism. It changed everything.<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Please enjoy this essay on my Medium blog, Woman of a Certain Rage.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3914 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3914\" style=\"animation-delay:0.1s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2019\/05\/26\/a-message-for-lee-county-from-a-tuscaloosa-survivor-you-will-be-brave-after-the-storm\/\" aria-label=\"A message for Lee County from a Tuscaloosa survivor: You will be brave after the storm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tuscaloosa_County_Alabama_storm_June_16_2023-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tuscaloosa County, Alabama storm, June 16, 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tuscaloosa_County_Alabama_storm_June_16_2023-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tuscaloosa_County_Alabama_storm_June_16_2023-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tuscaloosa_County_Alabama_storm_June_16_2023-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tuscaloosa_County_Alabama_storm_June_16_2023-533x400.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2019-05-26T18:17:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>May 26, 2019<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2019\/05\/26\/a-message-for-lee-county-from-a-tuscaloosa-survivor-you-will-be-brave-after-the-storm\/\">A message for Lee County from a Tuscaloosa survivor: You will be brave after the storm<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This originally appeared March 6, 2019 on al.com Lee County, I will tell you what I wrote in the diary I keep for my daughter. I have kept it since&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3900 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3900\" style=\"animation-delay:0.2s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2019\/01\/29\/the-alabama-mothers-we-lost-in-2018\/\" aria-label=\"The Alabama Mothers We Lost in 2018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-first-time-I-held-my-daughter.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The first time I held my daughter, hours after she was born, I was getting blood transfusions.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-first-time-I-held-my-daughter.jpg 960w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-first-time-I-held-my-daughter-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-first-time-I-held-my-daughter-600x406.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/The-first-time-I-held-my-daughter-591x400.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2019-01-29T18:00:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>January 29, 2019<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2019\/01\/29\/the-alabama-mothers-we-lost-in-2018\/\">The Alabama Mothers We Lost in 2018<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">The first time I held my daughter, hours after she was born, I was getting blood transfusions. If anyone wants to know what it feels like to bleed to death,&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3927 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3927\" style=\"animation-delay:0.3s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2019\/01\/29\/champion-tree-deeply-rooted-in-winning-tradition\/\" aria-label=\"Champion Tree deeply rooted in winning tradition\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Champion-Tree-deeply-rooted-in-winning-tradition-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Champion Tree deeply rooted in winning tradition\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Champion-Tree-deeply-rooted-in-winning-tradition-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Champion-Tree-deeply-rooted-in-winning-tradition-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Champion-Tree-deeply-rooted-in-winning-tradition-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Champion-Tree-deeply-rooted-in-winning-tradition-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2019-01-29T17:28:29+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>January 29, 2019<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2019\/01\/29\/champion-tree-deeply-rooted-in-winning-tradition\/\">Champion Tree deeply rooted in winning tradition<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This originally appeared Jan. 7, 2019 on al.com as the University of Alabama headed to the National Championship playoff in football. There is a tree in Tuscaloosa that few people&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3934 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3934\" style=\"animation-delay:0.4s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2017\/10\/02\/what-its-like-to-lose-a-loved-one-to-gun-violence\/\" aria-label=\"What it&#8217;s like to lose a loved one to gun violence\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Las-Vegas-police-respond-during-an-active-shooter-situation-on-the-Las-Vegas-Strip-near-Tropicana-Avenue-in-Las-Vegas-Sunday-Oct.-1-2017.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip near Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Las-Vegas-police-respond-during-an-active-shooter-situation-on-the-Las-Vegas-Strip-near-Tropicana-Avenue-in-Las-Vegas-Sunday-Oct.-1-2017.jpg 960w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Las-Vegas-police-respond-during-an-active-shooter-situation-on-the-Las-Vegas-Strip-near-Tropicana-Avenue-in-Las-Vegas-Sunday-Oct.-1-2017-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Las-Vegas-police-respond-during-an-active-shooter-situation-on-the-Las-Vegas-Strip-near-Tropicana-Avenue-in-Las-Vegas-Sunday-Oct.-1-2017-600x410.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Las-Vegas-police-respond-during-an-active-shooter-situation-on-the-Las-Vegas-Strip-near-Tropicana-Avenue-in-Las-Vegas-Sunday-Oct.-1-2017-585x400.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2017-10-02T14:36:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>October 2, 2017<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2017\/10\/02\/what-its-like-to-lose-a-loved-one-to-gun-violence\/\">What it&#8217;s like to lose a loved one to gun violence<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This article was originally posted on October 2, 2017 on al.com. I peered over my grandfather&#8217;s casket, trying desperately to see &#8211; and wanting not to see &#8211; where the&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3936 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3936\" style=\"animation-delay:0.5s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2017\/05\/06\/whats-it-like-to-graduate-at-75-ask-my-dad\/\" aria-label=\"What&#8217;s it like to graduate at 75? Ask my dad.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Larry-and-Carol-53-years-ago.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Larry and Carol 53 years ago\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Larry-and-Carol-53-years-ago.jpg 459w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Larry-and-Carol-53-years-ago-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Larry-and-Carol-53-years-ago-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Larry-and-Carol-53-years-ago-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2017-05-06T15:04:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>May 6, 2017<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2017\/05\/06\/whats-it-like-to-graduate-at-75-ask-my-dad\/\">What&#8217;s it like to graduate at 75? Ask my dad.<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This article was originally posted on May 6, 2017 on al.com. Let me put this in perspective for you. When my dad started classes at The University of Alabama in&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-3929 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"3929\" style=\"animation-delay:0s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2017\/04\/28\/after-six-years-its-still-hard-to-feel-normal-today\/\" aria-label=\"After six years, it&#8217;s still hard to feel normal today\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/It-has-been-six-years-Tuscaloosa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"It has been six years, Tuscaloosa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/It-has-been-six-years-Tuscaloosa.jpg 960w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/It-has-been-six-years-Tuscaloosa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/It-has-been-six-years-Tuscaloosa-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2017-04-28T14:36:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>April 28, 2017<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2017\/04\/28\/after-six-years-its-still-hard-to-feel-normal-today\/\">After six years, it&#8217;s still hard to feel normal today<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This article was originally posted on April 28, 2017 on al.com. Those of us who feel normal, don&#8217;t today. Those of us who go about our business with ease any&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-4046 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"4046\" style=\"animation-delay:0.1s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2016\/03\/19\/do-better-alabama-its-time-to-operate-in-the-sunshine-and-not-in-the-shadows\/\" aria-label=\"Do better Alabama: It\u2019s time to operate in the sunshine and not in the shadows.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/58c4ad54b6133-1024x602.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/58c4ad54b6133-1024x602.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/58c4ad54b6133-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/58c4ad54b6133-600x353.webp 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/58c4ad54b6133.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2016-03-19T19:15:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>March 19, 2016<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2016\/03\/19\/do-better-alabama-its-time-to-operate-in-the-sunshine-and-not-in-the-shadows\/\">Do better Alabama: It\u2019s time to operate in the sunshine and not in the shadows.<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This article was published in March 19, 2016 on Medium.com as well as other Alabama publications. I was a 20-year-old cub reporter at The Birmingham News, but I was prepared.&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-4028 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"4028\" style=\"animation-delay:0.2s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2016\/01\/28\/why-having-a-baby-almost-killed-me-my-postpartum-nightmare\/\" aria-label=\"Why having a baby almost killed me: My postpartum nightmare\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/One-of-the-first-times-I-left-the-house-with-Isabel-at-about-three-months-old-on-the-UA-quad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"One of the first times I left the house with Isabel, at about three months old, on the UA quad.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/One-of-the-first-times-I-left-the-house-with-Isabel-at-about-three-months-old-on-the-UA-quad.jpg 328w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/One-of-the-first-times-I-left-the-house-with-Isabel-at-about-three-months-old-on-the-UA-quad-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/One-of-the-first-times-I-left-the-house-with-Isabel-at-about-three-months-old-on-the-UA-quad-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2016-01-28T18:51:21+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>January 28, 2016<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2016\/01\/28\/why-having-a-baby-almost-killed-me-my-postpartum-nightmare\/\">Why having a baby almost killed me: My postpartum nightmare<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This article was originally posted on November 20, 2017 on al.com. Let me tell you about the time my mind turned on itself and my brain stopped working. My daughter&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-4039 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"4039\" style=\"animation-delay:0.3s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2016\/01\/04\/gov-ivey-has-betrayed-all-women-of-alabama\/\" aria-label=\"Gov. Ivey has betrayed all women of Alabama\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kay-Ivey-Governor-of-Alabama-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kay-Ivey-Governor-of-Alabama-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kay-Ivey-Governor-of-Alabama-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kay-Ivey-Governor-of-Alabama-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kay-Ivey-Governor-of-Alabama.jpg 1962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2016-01-04T19:03:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>January 4, 2016<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2016\/01\/04\/gov-ivey-has-betrayed-all-women-of-alabama\/\">Gov. Ivey has betrayed all women of Alabama<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">A lot has been written nationally and locally about Alabama Governor Kay Ivey&#8217;s reaction to the Roy Moore allegations when she said she would vote for Moore despite multiple women&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-4022 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"4022\" style=\"animation-delay:0.4s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2015\/12\/15\/heres-to-you-youtube\/\" aria-label=\"Here&#8217;s to you, YouTube\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pile-3d-play-button-logos-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pile-3d-play-button-logos-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pile-3d-play-button-logos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pile-3d-play-button-logos-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2015-12-15T18:34:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>December 15, 2015<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2015\/12\/15\/heres-to-you-youtube\/\">Here&#8217;s to you, YouTube<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This article was originally published on December 15, 2015 on Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists. Educators use YouTube for education videos (think Kahn Academy), and media&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-4003 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"4003\" style=\"animation-delay:0.5s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2013\/08\/10\/epic-success-story-how-one-radical-idea-in-education-became-a-long-term-success-story\/\" aria-label=\"EPIC Success Story: How one radical idea in education became a long-term success story.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_2a80134f7b8a4401b61fc7080e5d04bamv2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_2a80134f7b8a4401b61fc7080e5d04bamv2.jpg 456w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_2a80134f7b8a4401b61fc7080e5d04bamv2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_2a80134f7b8a4401b61fc7080e5d04bamv2-399x600.jpg 399w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_2a80134f7b8a4401b61fc7080e5d04bamv2-266x400.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2013-08-10T17:54:00+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>August 10, 2013<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2013\/08\/10\/epic-success-story-how-one-radical-idea-in-education-became-a-long-term-success-story\/\">EPIC Success Story: How one radical idea in education became a long-term success story.<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This originally appeared in Birmingham magazine and on al.com. Even then, we knew it was special. It was January 1980 and our new school was about to open. My second&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-4000 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions\" data-id=\"4000\" style=\"animation-delay:0s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_4 align_center valign_top\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2013\/05\/22\/dear-friends-in-oklahoma-hope-will-find-you\/\" aria-label=\"Dear friends in Oklahoma: Hope will find you\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_38b5f2fd02d540e2a52b55b73b7d5d87mv2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brian Mullins and his father Terry survey tornado damage to the home of Brian&#039;s girlfriend Sara Robinson, right, on May 21 in Moore, Okla., after Monday&#039;s tornado. Op-ed contributor Meredith Cummings writes, &#039;Moore will benefit greatly from patience even though, if you\u2019re like me, all you want to do is snap your fingers and put things back the way they used to be.&#039; (Steve Sisney\/The Oklahoman\/AP)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_38b5f2fd02d540e2a52b55b73b7d5d87mv2.webp 720w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_38b5f2fd02d540e2a52b55b73b7d5d87mv2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/42f8a6_38b5f2fd02d540e2a52b55b73b7d5d87mv2-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2013-05-22T17:51:16+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>May 22, 2013<\/time><div class=\"w-post-elm post_taxonomy usg_post_taxonomy_1 style_simple color_link_inherit\"><a class=\"term-213 term-opinions\" href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/category\/opinions\/\">Opinions<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/meredithcummings\/2013\/05\/22\/dear-friends-in-oklahoma-hope-will-find-you\/\">Dear friends in Oklahoma: Hope will find you<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This article was originally posted on May 22, 2013 on The Christian Science Monitor. To the Oklahoma community of Moore. In Tuscaloosa, Ala., our hearts are breaking for you. 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