A Year Ago Today...

Where does the time get to? Can a whole year really have passed since this person stepped into my life? The calendar says so, but the standard cliches apply. It feels like we've know each other so much longer, yet at the same time it feels like only days have passed since we first met.

Oh what a year it's been! We've both lost people, found others, and taken each other places we never dreamed we'd go.

The story of our early days has been told many times, from Terry's point of view and mine. I will not repeat it as I don't want it worn thin. It's ingrained in our memories permanently and the rest of you have already heard it.

But what I will say is that there were many firsts in our relationship and when thinking about this milestone it took some thinking to decide what day would truly be "our" day. When did we become what we've become? The first time I spanked him? The first time he called me "Mistress" and forever changed the way I saw the word? The first time we spoke? All of these are treasured things, but as submission is about surrender, about the giving of oneself to another and the acceptance of that gift, we decided that only one day would do; The day he asked to be mine.

And that was what he did, a year ago today when that stern, rugged, slightly gruff, oh so sure of himself man melted into a shy boy and barely got the question out. His world changed, my world changed, and neither of us has looked back with the slightest bit of regret. He's been mine ever since, and he always will be.

So, little bunny, here's to our first year, and the many more to come.

Mistress