Wicked Love

When you meet someone new its easy to fall into a pattern of common chitchat and one question that usually comes up is, "What do you do?" For several years now I have proudly answered I'm a writer. Which of course leads to the next inevitable question; "What do you write?"

I write paranormal romance. Which if any of my friends or family are nearby leads to much scoffing. Not about the paranormal. Oh no... They all know I embrace the odd and dive in deep to the weird. At least when it comes to entertainment, as in movies and reading. In real life I'm not too odd, more of a girl next door, or a "she seemed so quiet" kind of gal...

But back to the scoffing. They would of course not understand my very romantic side, seeing as it is often buried from sight. So buried in fact that most would never even understand it. But the truth is, I am very romantic at least in the meaning that I feel very deeply if not in a traditional way.

So what brings up this particular topic?

Today my husband and I are celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary. And I'm not going to pretend that it isn't a fantastically big day. It is monumental. Ten years of marriage. Actually I've been in love with this man for almost 20 years. Yep, it didn't take me long to figure out how important he was to me. It did however take us a while to figure out how to make our love actually work. Perhaps we're still figuring it out. Regardless, he is "the one". And I think I've known it and been terrified of that truth from the start.

What started off as two teens in search of the perfect pull-off (one that offered at least a little privacy and wouldn't rip the muffler off his old Maverick) has led past youthful naughtiness, through some rough times and to a something more lasting.

So here we are ten years after the "I do" and guess what? I still do. And don't be thinking that we've left all that youthful wickedness in the past. Certainly not. In fact I think I'll dig out the flogger and cuffs and remind "the one" just who wears the leather chaps in this house...

Here is to celebrating 10 years of closer than close friendship, wild new experiences, singe your eyebrows hawt make-up sex, a soft touch you know where, and ten more years of wicked love.

Shannon