Meredith Petrick

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@USFCougarsSB Oh Paige….. I’d love to know what you’d be thinking right now! @BarbRoessner and @jason_roessner are living your legacy and helping so many! ♥️ @PlayforPaige33

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@steamyporkbuns 💯

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@BellaNaturra @stantradingman @58bugeye Agreed

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

John Bolton on Tulsi Gabbard: "I thought it was the worst cabinet-level appointment in history until I heard about the Matt Gaetz appointment…2 people who are totally unqualified…I think the vote should be a 100 to nothing against both of them”

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@TheWapplehouse 💯

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge John DeGravelles has blocked a Louisiana law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

RETWEET to thank Judge DeGravelles for standing up for the separation of church and state!

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

A message for Trump. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👇

[o-o 🫥 @Stop_Just_Stahp]

MAGA,

As of today:
- Inflation 2.1%
- Unemployment is 4%
- GDP is 3%
- Manufacturing is booming, and only getting better.

The economic boom you're about to credit to Trump was brought to you by Joe Biden. And when it crashes, that will 100% be on Trump.

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

My brother Christopher sent this to his children

Yesterday was a bad day for our country, for our democracy, for our economy, for our party, for our family, and for ourselves.

I’ve lived through 15 presidential elections, and this is not different because it is amplified or more extreme, but because it is fundamentally different.

We are facing an incoming president and administration that have developed multiple, detailed plans for a fascist takeover of every department of the federal government.

Our system of government has always been protected because we have different branches of government, each providing checks and balances of the others. But it now looks like they may end up with control of all branches — the executive branch, judicial branch, and legislative branch.

Our family and our friends may be targets of abuse by the incoming leadership because of the stands we have taken to help immigrants, protect the environment, extend human rights, and on basic issues like diversity, equity, and inclusion.

I am worried about those closest to us, but I am more worried about the elderly on Social Security who may have their benefits reduced. I’m worried about the sick, disabled or chronically ill who may see our healthcare system gutted. I’m worried about immigrants who might be rounded up and exported to home countries where their enemies wait to punish them upon their return. I’m worried about women whose choices about their own bodies and own healthcare will be increasingly limited. I'm worried about the LGBTQ community whose every right must be considered under threat now. I am more worried about the potential to dismantle the greatest science and education system the world has ever seen. I am worried about so much that it is overwhelming to try to identify it all. I feel beat down.

But I’ve felt beat down before. And despite all of this, I’m confident we will survive.

I know the best way to recover when you are diminished is to gather your remaining resources and use them to help someone else. In doing so, you rebuild your own strength and better prepare yourself not only to defend against future attacks, but more importantly, to once again go on the offensive.

We have two years until midterms, when we can make a comeback.

Let’s use this time to protect the most vulnerable among us. Let’s volunteer for service organizations, for churches, for community groups. Let’s use our gifts to serve others until we can strengthen our capabilities. Then we can fight for ourselves, our families, our democracy, and our country.

And we will fight hard.

[Midland Softball @MidlandUSB]

🥎 Warriors come in at #15 in the 2025 Pre-Season NAIA Top 25 Rankings 🥎

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@ANNELAMOTT I’m not having fun!

[The Wave Athletic Facility @AthleticWave]

We will be hosting a Play for Paige Event November 18th at 7:00PM. RSVP below to join us in raising awareness for mental health wellness in athletics and youth.

RSVP ➡️ https://t.co/LuwwnRI7gh

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

EPIC appearance by Kamala Harris on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE! ♥️♥️

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@TBex1239 This is over now, right?

[Midland Softball @MidlandUSB]

🎃 💪 Halloween Lift 💪🎃

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@Coach_Piv Omg! Were you Princess Peach?

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@cynicalzoomer A**hole

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@Acyn Barf

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@arthurjack Deep breath! Relapse can be a part of recovery!

[Meredith Petrick @merepetrick]

@maddenifico Yes! Many of the people I know complaining about prices seem to have thrived in the last 4 years. They’re still buying their diamond rings, building new houses, taking multiple vacations, gifting their kids cars. I’m happy for them. But they’re not struggling. They are thriving.