Meaghan Shields
Cognoscenti contributor
Meaghan Shields is a writer. She is currently working on "I Wish I Had Someone to Ask", a collection of essays and short stories centered on how identity impacts family, work and financial well-being. Meaghan Shields is a writer. She lives with her wife and their daughter, and the family cat, Sweetheart.
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There is more than books in my Little Free Library
In my childhood home, we struggled, surviving on what other people didn’t want or need, writes Meaghan Shields. But my mom was the most generous person I knew. And that...
We don’t have to agree on everything to act on our faith
Meaghan Shields grew up poor in a “Catholic bubble.” The help I received didn’t feel like pity or charity, she writes. It felt like support and love. The Catholic Church...
This hour of life is magic
In the empty nest articles I read last summer, there was a lot of advice about relationships with other people, writes Meaghan Shields. But I had no idea that becoming...
'I wanted to say forever and mean it': 20 years of marriage is a lot to be proud of
A legal ruling carried us through our wedding ceremony, protecting our medical, financial and parental rights, writes Meaghan Shields. But it’s the work my wife and I have put into...