Mary McCloud

How much do you reminisce about the times in your life when you were a complete moron? Or do you even recognize them? I don't beat myself up daily, weekly...perhaps monthly? One of my moron moments that pops into my head most frequently is that of Mary McCloud.

I was 19 years old and in college in Nashville, TN. I met Mary in my Biology class one semester. She was unique and I liked her a lot, immediately. Mary was not what you would consider attractive according to average opinion. Red hair, pale, pale skin, and chunky. The good person in me accepted her as she was and loved her for her above average qualities...but the weak, conforming moron in me secretly judged her, and, was embarrassed of her.

Summer came, and we all went home. Mary lived in Brentwood, so she didn't have very far to go home. I went back to Gastonia, NC, and immediately got back into the swing of things. I started running with a party crowd from Mount Holly, and fell head over heels in love with the king of all morons, "Beef".

Mary had made plans before last semester was even over...to fly out and visit me. By the time it was time for her visit, I was so involved with Beef and his friends, that her visit was a thorn in my heel. As soon as Beef and his crowd saw her, they immediately rejected her, and Beef even openly made fun of her.

Me, being the weak soul I was, dragged her along to every party, but ignored her, never stood up for her, and even snapped at her.

She went home. We never really spoke after that. I didn't really care.

Beef and I made it until I turned 21. He was a drunk, he cheated, and he hit me a couple of times. He even tried to sleep with my BFF.


Mary McCloud was worth one million times the person that Beef and all of his idiot friends were put together.

I have searched for Mary everywhere online and can't find her.