Those were the hardest five months of my life. I wasn’t the same person. The normally jovial, sarcastic, crazy person I am was nowhere to be found and in her place was a worrisome, numb, shell of a woman. I didn’t want to become emotionally invested, knowing there was a chance the birth mom could change her mind and we would lose everything.
I will never forget that day, in the hospital, when I watched my birth mom say goodbye to her son and hand him over to me. I will never forget it. The sterile smell of the room, the small, quiet sobs from the birth mom, the nearly silent clicking of photos, and the precious coos coming from the little boy I soon would call my son. It’s branded in my memory, forever reminding me that in this crazy, upturned world, there are still selfless people out there, making decisions that don’t necessarily benefit themselves, but instead benefit others.
When I was at my lowest, I didn’t know there was a grander scheme out there for me, a bigger picture I was unable to formulate in my mind.
You see, Life, I thought you took away my job just to put a fork in my road, but instead, you took away my job so I could prepare myself to be a stay-at-home, working mom. You took away my job so I can spend my days watching my little boy grow, laugh, smile, and look at me with those deep-chocolate eyes with such love that I don’t think I will ever feel more fulfilled in my life.
I thought you were trying to ruin me, when in fact, you were preparing me for the next chapter in my life.
You took away my job and in return made me a mommy. It’s the best job replacement I could ever ask for. So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you. I’m forever indebted to you.
Much love and boob squeezes,
B>> Meghan
Be kind. Be Courageous. Do good. Own you. And Prove your existence.
THE END
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Prologue
“Marley, put the axe down and step away from the flannels,” Porter says, hands extended, as if he wants to help.
“You’re not in a good frame of mind. This is not who you are. You’re not an axe wielding psychopath looking to make a pile of long sleeved cotton into your very own plaid colored mulch,” Paul tries to convince me.
“Buttons, please put the axe down. We can talk about whatever is bothering you. Please don’t chop up Daddy’s Americana flannel shirt.”
Let’s pause for a second; do you see those three men standing to the side, fear in their eyes, sweat at their temples, with their hands clutched at their waists and their asses tight enough to pop open a bottle of beer?
Yeah, those three, they’re the reason why I’m foaming at the mouth, gripping an axe three sizes too big for my body with my heels dug deep into the wet and muddy ground.
That’s me, Marley McMann, the brunette in the “rustic” orange bridesmaid dress with a bouquet sticking out of my hair and a pile of multi-colored poly-blend barf rags resting in front of me, waiting to be minced into my very own personal hamster shit shavings.
I’m not usually threatening to slice the buttons off of men’s clothing with a lead shiv big enough to cut down a knotty vagina-looking sycamore tree. But I’ve had my limit.
There comes a time in a girl’s life when she has to reach deep down into her soul, clear the pathways of her inner goddess, and let out her nuclear Satan. You know what I’m talking about.
The crazy.
Don’t try to act like you don’t have it; every woman does.
Let me paint you a picture. It’s that time of the month; its shark week, as some may say. The civil war is being reenacted by your ovaries and death is scatted over your fallopian tubes. You’re crippled over in pain on your couch, half a Snickers bar hanging out of your mouth, a heating pad pressed against your innards, and a blanket wrapped around you as if you’re a cocktail wiener in a Pillsbury croissant. The Hallmark Channel is airing that Mario Lopez movie you’ve been dying to see and not because the plot looks good, but because you want to reminisce on your Saved by the Bell days. Mario is the only thing getting you through this time of need, that and the chocolate drool slowly dripping into the back of your throat.
You’re content, minus the battlefield in your uterus, when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, the mister in your life flops on the couch, causing a ripple within your cocoon. Your heating pad shifts and your Snickers bar falls to the ground, a travesty in itself. The swoon-worthy shot of Mario with his shirt off gets rudely switched to some stupid sporting game just as the mister lifts his ass in your direction and blasts two large farts.
Can you feel the monster start to awaken?
You try to remain calm; you tell yourself it’s going to be alright, you’re life isn’t spiraling out of control into the depths of hell…until one simple crack of his knuckles rings through the room.
One single pop.
You lose it. Your eyelids flip inside out, fire shoots out of your vagina, and your toenails grow to exponential pterodactyl lengths. You’re at his throat, scratching his jugular with your toes until you’re satisfied enough with the human carnage you’ve turned him into.