Introduction by our very own Cathy Craig

I am so excited to present to you not only a KICK ASS blogger, but an incredible woman!  Meleah is one of a kind.  She’s funny, witty, inspiring and .. well after you read her post below … DAMN Human!  Meleah Rebeccah Hawthorne is a New Jersey native.  She lives with her 12 yr old son and loves her MacBook, writing, watching TV, reading, sleeping, cheese, bacon, SNL and driving too fast.  She has a great blog that chronicles her daily life and her search for Mr. Right – all while battling Crohn’s Disease. She is an amazing writer who will some day soon (I hope) publish her amazing story that she has been teasing us with just a few chapters at a time!! Here is the link to preview what will no doubt be a best seller – Meleah Rebeccah’s Story

So without further delay …. Ta Da … Presenting Meleah…

Hello readers of WMDA. My name is Meleah Rebeccah, and I am the author of the blog Momma Mia Mea Culpa.  I feel absolutely honored to have been asked by the talented and lovely ladies of WMDA, to write a guest post here on this blog. My only concern was figuring out a topic to write about. I hope this will do!

I once wrote a story about how I accidentally got into someone else’s car. Because, you know, Hyundai’s and Nissan’s look so much alike. Right? I was utterly distracted after seeing what could have easily been Sanjaya (an American Idol contestant from season six) strolling into my local CVS. As I wondered aimlessly into the parking lot, I was lost in deep thought, thinking about how funny that post would have been. I was disappointed for missing the perfect opportunity to hold a spontaneous Sanjaya look-a-like contest because I had left my digital camera at home. Preoccupied, and contemplating the words I would have used in my ‘almost post’- I began unloading the bags from my shopping cart into THE WRONG CAR. The only clue to the situation I had gotten myself into was how clean the back seat of the wrong car was. The back seat of my car is filled with empty coffee cups, cigarette packs, 15 pairs of shoes. All of which I did not see, while I was neatly placing bags into…The Wrong Car. Thankfully the rightful owner of the vehicle did not see me and I walked away unscathed. But, I was absolutely mortified.

The reason I am bringing that up is because, embarrassing moments happen to all of us. All of the time. For me, the best way to deal with such moments is the ability to laugh at myself. I learned just how to laugh at myself by one of my oldest and dearest friends Brian. He has graciously agreed to allow me to tell you his most embarrassing moment since I’ve already posted all of mine!

In order to fully appreciate this story you must understand that my friend Brian is not what you can consider a ‘social’ person by any stretch of the imagination. He is the definition of an introvert. He is very reserved. He keeps to himself. He is extremely shy. Brian is super quiet and rather uncomfortable even around people he knows. He won’t move a muscle or bat an eyelash around a stranger. Oh, one more thing, there is nothing threatening about his appearance whatsoever. Brian is tall and lanky, with coke-bottle glasses. Let’s be honest, he is the quintessential nerd. He is a total geek, and a complete dork, and I love him for it.

One winter morning, Brian was walking from the train station to work as he does most days. It’s a good fifteen- minute hike. All of a sudden, Brian thought he spotted a co-worker from his office pulling out of the local Wawa parking lot.

The driver, a rather robust woman, paused at the exit, and was waiving to him. Brian merely assumed that she was offering to give him a lift the rest of the way to the office.  Offers of transportation are frequently afforded to him on a weekly basis, and they are both welcomed and un-welcomed, depending on who his companion might be.

As he was late for work, not an uncommon event, carrying a heavy bag, and freezing cold, he cheered at the prospect of getting to work – all warm and rested.

Without even looking at the driver, he ran around the passenger side of the vehicle, opened the door, threw his bag in the car, and jumped in the passenger seat.

The driver looked at him with total fear. Instinctively, she started to honk her horn, and began yelling out the window that she was being carjacked.

Brian must have had a deer in the headlights look on his face.

He completely panicked. He started apologizing profusely and tried explaining to a screaming woman that he thought she was a co-worker. When that didn’t help to calm her down, he grabbed his bag, jumped out of the car at the speed of light, and jogged at a lively pace up the street.

For the next five blocks, Brian kept looking behind him for an approaching police car. When he arrived at work, he told his boss about the whole incident, who proceeded to laugh, and tell the rest of office Brian’s latest misadventure (His boss is the proverbial 13th Apostle… Always spreading the word).

For one whole month, Brian altered his travel route for fear of seeing that lady.

Now tell me, Ladies and Gentlemen, what is YOUR most embarrassing moment?