I live for the moments when I say something shocking enough that my husband
closes his eyes on a slow inhale and shakes his head back and forth. Joy bubbles
through my chest, and I celebrate with an energetic fist pump. LOL! Yes, I got him!
He is my real life alpha hero. A big personality with a smart wit and a generous
heart in a football player physique. And he teases me relentlessly. I’m more
silly than funny and my wit runs on the slow side. I’m the person who three days
after a conversation will think of the perfect come back. Craaaaaaap…too little
and way too late.
So, my weapon of choice to tease my husband (and face life in general) is my
inappropriate humor, and I embrace it with passion. At this time in my life, and
after beating breast cancer (fingers crossed it stays that way) I’ve come to
realize that life is way too short to live it satisfying someone else’s
expectations or comfort. I want to laugh, I want to love, I want to find joy in
the little things and reach for the big things (sooooo many jokes running
through my head right now. See?!). The struggle is real. So why not embrace it?
I say the most shocking, inappropriate things I can come up with just to see him
squirm, to test his boundaries, and keep him on his toes. At times he tells me
he’s genuinely worried about my sanity, and in those moments I feel victorious!
I love the human body and all the things you can do with it, I love being a
woman, a wife, a mom, and being silly. So when all of those things come together
in one beautiful moment and I say what’s on my mind, unfettered by societies
constraints of what a young-ish woman should say, it simply feels good. And
honestly, I don’t like being told what to do, so when someone tells me, “maybe
you shouldn’t say that,” I think, “Oh, I definitely need to say that.” Ha!
Being true to yourself is a gift, a freedom, that when you finally reach a time
in your life where you achieve this you think. “Man self, where have
you been all my life? This feels amazing!” For me that self is kind, even
sometimes Polly Anna kind. Why? Because that is what feels good to me. Sometimes
that self is silly and shocking. Why? Because this life is short, and I want to
laugh for as much of it as I can. And what makes me laugh is shock factor. Don’t
get me wrong, there are plenty of things I take seriously: the health of my
children, my marriage, how others are treated, and my writing career. But, I
don’t take myself too seriously. I’m an open book of dick jokes and sexual
innuendoes, of car dancing to my favorite songs at red lights and embracing my
weird like it’s an Olympic sport with my kiddos, teaching them being who they
are is the best thing to be and no one will ever do it as well as they can.
So, I follow my husband around the house even when he’s just going to the
restroom. I stand there grinning as he slowly closes the door in my face,
shaking his head. When we’re making dinner and he asks me to toss the salad, I
leer at him and say. “I wanna toss your salad,” as creepily as possible. And I
tell him if I could be a man for one day, I’d want to be in his body and lock
myself in a room for a full twenty-four hours. As a look of terror comes over
his face, I laugh maniacally. Yet, for some miracle of miracles the guy loves me
like no other. Huh…this being myself thing is working out pretty well.
Am I inappropriate or am I just me? Who’s to say. It’s my life, and I’m going to
LIVE it! One feel good moment at a time.
M.K. Meredith writes single title contemporary romance promising an
emotional ride on heated sheets. She believes the best route to success is to
never stop learning. Her lifelong love affair with peanut butter continues, only
two things come close in the battle for her affections: gorgeous heels and maybe
Gerard Butler or was it David Gandy? Who is she kidding? Her true loves are her
husband and two children who have survived her SEA's (spontaneous explosions of
affection) and live to tell the tale. The Meredith's live in the D.C. area with
their two large fur babies...until the next adventure calls.
Series include:
Malibu Sights
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Every girl has a secret (or two)...
On the verge of losing the Malibu
home she inherited from her great-aunt, Addi Dekker is completely failing to
prove to her family she can make it as a writer. Not exactly how a girl proves
her independence. If she doesn't want to give up her dream and go back to the
soul-sucking job she just left, Addi has to swallow her dislike of Hollywood and
rent the house out to the sexy-as-hell film producer.
And maybe (shhhh!) save money by secretly living there, too.
Roque
Gallagher is pouring his heart and savings into his first independent film to
make the industry acknowledge him for his talent and not just his family name.
Addi's home is perfect for the shoot, but she's far too tempting. He's never
been able to handle work and a relationship, and this is the film of a lifetime.
Between a shrinking budget and his director quitting, the last thing he needs is
a sexy-as-sin tease like Addi. And he has a feeling there's something she's
hiding...
Malibu Sights #2
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3 comments posted.
I absolutely love this! MK is exactly correct in grabbing life by the reins and steering it in the direction she wants to go! I, too, find laughing at myself the easiest thing to do. If I didn't, I wouldn't survive. Humor helps us cope with the worst of all situations and I don't care if people look at me funny! I love that her sweetie enjoys her antics!
(Kathleen Bylsma 12:19pm December 5, 2015)