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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" gd:etag="W/&quot;AkMESXc-fip7ImA9WxNUFUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987</id><updated>2009-11-07T07:53:28.956-05:00</updated><title>gracefully seeking perfection</title><subtitle type="html" /><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/" /><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>338</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/imperfectgrace/nlsq" type="application/atom+xml" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>imperfectgrace/nlsq</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0IHQn49fyp7ImA9WxNUFEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-9132229709113927662</id><published>2009-11-05T19:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T20:05:33.067-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-05T20:05:33.067-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ugly side" /><title /><content type="html">Life has changed dramatically.  I no longer write here because the small shred of submission that I held has been demolished by feelings of hopelessness, emotional blackness.  Depression.  I have been and still am close to admitting myself into an inpatient facility for treatment of this...black dog.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have good and bad days.  The good days are nowhere near to what a healthy person feels on a good day.  Good days are when the pain doesn't manage to cripple me.  The bad days are unbearable.  I am ashamed to admit that Master has had to help dress me on those days.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Medication has been tough on me.  The psychiatrist is trying to find what helps.  One medicine nearly had me catatonic.  Master, my therapist and I have decided to intensify my treatment.  I'll see her multiple times a week.  I'll see the psychiatrist multiple times a month.  Hopefully this plan will work and there will be no need to have me admitted to a facility.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I worry about Master.  I am very aware, very sensitive to how much this can affect Him.  He has been as supportive as anyone could possibly be.  Every day, no matter how deep my darkness, I am always thankful for Him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-9132229709113927662?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/siqChpGbRaY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/9132229709113927662/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=9132229709113927662" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/9132229709113927662?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/9132229709113927662?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/siqChpGbRaY/life-has-changed-dramatically.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/11/life-has-changed-dramatically.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0EMQX8-cSp7ImA9WxNTGUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-3732184650312374414</id><published>2009-08-22T21:27:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T21:48:00.159-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-22T21:48:00.159-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="on being used" /><title /><content type="html">Master has declared tomorrow as a 'protocol' day.  All day, without a break, I must let go and follow Him no matter what.  That used to be pretty much the norm.  Since I moved in a year ago, we have strayed away from any sort of protocol.  I'm fearful of what will happen.  It's been so long since I've been in a position of complete submission for more than a couple of minutes at a time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be very tough to let go.  I'll try.  Maybe I will find something.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-3732184650312374414?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/f_WdgYWKcLI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/3732184650312374414/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=3732184650312374414" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3732184650312374414?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3732184650312374414?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/f_WdgYWKcLI/master-has-declared-tomorrow-as.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/08/master-has-declared-tomorrow-as.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DE8EQXo9eCp7ImA9WxJaFUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-3344494652814356654</id><published>2009-08-05T18:55:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T19:00:00.460-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-05T19:00:00.460-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">It wasn't really a storm.  There was enough instability in the atmosphere to lend to random lightning strikes in the mountain area.   It was just before dawn, about 5am.  Lightning struck very, very close to the house.  Woke me up immediately, panicked and breathing hard for I had been stunned out of a deep sleep.  Master's arms reached out and pulled me into His chest.   He always sleeps so deep.  Nightmares often wake me in the same manner but Master never knows.  Felt so good.  I was protected.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-3344494652814356654?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/_bttNmLuysQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/3344494652814356654/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=3344494652814356654" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3344494652814356654?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3344494652814356654?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/_bttNmLuysQ/it-wasnt-really-storm.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/08/it-wasnt-really-storm.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUcDQn49fyp7ImA9WxJaE04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-2785158438402445499</id><published>2009-08-03T16:54:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T17:04:33.067-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-03T17:04:33.067-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poly ish?" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="an animal with no self control" /><title>opening a fantasy</title><content type="html">Again, I fantasized about Master fucking another woman.  Masturbated to it last evening and I came so fast that I could barely put together a scenario in my head.  Took that frustration and seduced Master last night.  We enjoyed one hot, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;rrrrrough&lt;/span&gt; fuck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We pretended like I was another woman that Master was fucking.  The fantasy was that I was watching Master use her.  The idea of simply watching that is astoundingly hot.  Afterward, while sharing our feelings over the experience, it came to light that I was also very comfortable with Master using another woman for D/s...not just sex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's a slow evolution for me.  I'm very secure in Him and I'd like to see Him pleased.  If that means using multiple &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;submissives&lt;/span&gt; then lets go.  Since I have let go of jealousy, I am ready to say I am &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;ok&lt;/span&gt; with Him having that option should He desire them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to wonder, also... beyond being secure in Him.... how much of this is a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;subconscious&lt;/span&gt; way of letting Him have kink since I haven't been very active in it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Either way.  Last night was hot and kinky.  My husband is hot.  He's got a strong, perverted, Dominant mind and i love that i am His.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-2785158438402445499?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/V6443c13_Qw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/2785158438402445499/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=2785158438402445499" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2785158438402445499?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2785158438402445499?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/V6443c13_Qw/opening-fantasy.html" title="opening a fantasy" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/08/opening-fantasy.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkUMSX46cSp7ImA9WxJbGUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-1291905348803757011</id><published>2009-07-30T05:37:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T05:38:08.019-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-30T05:38:08.019-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VZm5zn1lcAE/SnF4CdhzEAI/AAAAAAAAAuk/ByGJkXWSPgc/s1600-h/109.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VZm5zn1lcAE/SnF4CdhzEAI/AAAAAAAAAuk/ByGJkXWSPgc/s320/109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364200614856429570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-1291905348803757011?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/ue277UVfPT4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/1291905348803757011/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=1291905348803757011" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/1291905348803757011?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/1291905348803757011?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/ue277UVfPT4/blog-post.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VZm5zn1lcAE/SnF4CdhzEAI/AAAAAAAAAuk/ByGJkXWSPgc/s72-c/109.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/07/blog-post.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C04FQ3sycCp7ImA9WxJbGEU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-2027777231153765620</id><published>2009-07-29T10:38:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T10:38:32.598-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-29T10:38:32.598-05:00</app:edited><title>an email to grace</title><content type="html">I am a Master.&amp;nbsp; I own a slave.&amp;nbsp; She is my wife, my property, an animal whom I control.&amp;nbsp; Her only choices are to obey and be rewarded, or disobey and be punished.&amp;nbsp; Her focus is my pleasure, her purpose is service.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tonight I will fuck my slave's ass...the hole that belongs to me, exists for my cock.&amp;nbsp; She will bend over the bed with a vibrator on her pussy...she will remain like this for as long as I wish, feeling the pleasure.&amp;nbsp; And I will come from behind, and shove my cock in her ass.&amp;nbsp; I will cum.&amp;nbsp; She may not, it makes no difference.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-2027777231153765620?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/oqUywhLDUso" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/2027777231153765620/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=2027777231153765620" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2027777231153765620?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2027777231153765620?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/oqUywhLDUso/email-to-grace.html" title="an email to grace" /><author><name>Mandalor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14391864073666419897" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/07/email-to-grace.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CU8FQnw4fSp7ImA9WxJbEEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-4236649519421115218</id><published>2009-07-19T20:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T20:36:53.235-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-19T20:36:53.235-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">Master lasted about 3 weeks with the whole 'anal sex only' thing.  He took blowjobs, too.  He said that the anal only thing wasn't as fun as he imagined, probably because we do not have the protocol/dynamic currently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first vaginal fuck afterward hurt as if I was losing my virginity again.  He's so thick.  I love that dick of his.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-4236649519421115218?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/7TQWMUuDbEg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/4236649519421115218/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=4236649519421115218" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/4236649519421115218?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/4236649519421115218?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/7TQWMUuDbEg/master-lasted-about-3-weeks-with-whole.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/07/master-lasted-about-3-weeks-with-whole.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUQGRnY8fSp7ImA9WxJUFEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-2466184469886646686</id><published>2009-07-12T11:45:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T11:48:47.875-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-12T11:48:47.875-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">Spoke to a friend the other day, someone who has been ill for a few weeks.  Understandably, he is getting depressed now.  He said, "I'm not myself anymore".  When he said that, it struck me that I haven't felt myself in over 8 years.   I need to find medication that I'm not allergic to and that you know, works.  It just sucks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-2466184469886646686?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/PL5LV7m1uwg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/2466184469886646686/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=2466184469886646686" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2466184469886646686?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2466184469886646686?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/PL5LV7m1uwg/spoke-to-friend-other-day-someone-who.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/07/spoke-to-friend-other-day-someone-who.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkYERHszeyp7ImA9WxJVE08.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-6263305253796061406</id><published>2009-06-29T19:37:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T20:08:25.583-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-29T20:08:25.583-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">Master and I had an enjoyable weekend.  We reconnected and it felt so great.  I missed Him so much.  Lots of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;blowjobs&lt;/span&gt; and orgasms.  Even an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;assfucking&lt;/span&gt; thrown in there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ever since I said "yes" to Master's marriage proposal, I have been quite introspective on the topic of marriage.  Turns out that I had always wanted marriage yet I had no idea what it meant to me.  It seemed like a status to reach and a way to legitimize myself in relation to Master and the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still haven't stopped wondering about it.  What is marriage? A commitment? We had that without marriage.  Plus, lots of marriages don't involve commitment- be it openly or in secret.  I hear women say "I'm your wife- don't scare me like that!" or "Is that any way to speak to your wife?" and I just don't understand that.  Does being a wife entitle one to a higher level of respect? I never had to genuflect to my married girlfriends before.  Does being a wife mean that you don't have to do things that girlfriends do (I can just hear some men thinking "sex..." now)?  I had someone on a social networking site actually comment on my "got married" status by saying "Welcome to the club".  Ugh, that just sounded horrible.  I don't want to be a part of that married club, anyway.  Do married women feel intimidated by single women? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does marriage ensure that you will be together always?  No, nothing does.  Yet we had already expressed our desire to be together. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I actually googled "what is marriage" a few days before we wed.  It took me to a woman's blog who wrote, in a nutshell, that marriage is sticking together no matter what.  Through all of the pain, frustration, pauper like times.  Marriage means that if a husband has &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;dementia&lt;/span&gt;, the wife is obligated to move into the nursing home with him.  I found her writing sappy, scary and nice at the same time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, marriage (to me, anyway) is me saying "I will follow you into dementia".  Or you will give me dementia... but either way, I will go that far.  That deep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What else?  Proclaiming your love in front of family, friends or God (depending on your personal beliefs).  Not necessary, I overlook that one.  It has legal benefits.  Cheaper car insurance, tax breaks, health insurance.   All nice, but I don't quite understand this whole thing.  Just because two people go to a justice or minister, they are magically granted legal benefits that those who won't marry or can't marry can't receive? Why is that?  Our government still holds true to biblical values, thus we scratch your back if you get hitched?  It's just so ... unromantic or disenchanting or some other... word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that I will find out what marriage is in small, sometimes hard steps.  Like the other day, when Master experienced something that placed Him in a vulnerable position.  I knew it.  Yet I had to tend to a part of it that I felt He should have; being the person in charge that He is in this relationship.  He didn't tend to it, and I got upset and kind of pissed at Him for it.  It wasn't until minutes later that I realized.  He is Master but there will be times that I will have to do what is necessary.  There will be moments that I will have to take something over- just because He is so human and I support Him.  It may not be the perfect situation, but that's relationships for ya.  That's my marriage, anyway. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like referring to Him as my husband when I am with Him alone.  It feels intimate and wonderful. It makes me feel 'grown up', even though I'm not quite sure yet how His responsibilities have changed as He went from live in boyfriend to husband.  Sometimes I find myself in situations (like today, changing my name on an account to my married name) where I try to go around saying "my husband" to anyone else but Him.  I have always sort of detested women who have to tell every living soul that they got married, and find every way imagineable to work "my husband" into every sentence.  So, I called up and said "need to change my  name".  They asked "you got married?" I say yes, and most of the time they will say congrats and I feel all awkward and stuff.  I am not a girly girl and that stuff doesn't make me gush.  I guess, as I grow older I am also growing more private.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I try to break that awkward feeling.  When I was with Him the other day, I told someone that we just got married, just getting 'started' blah blah.  I didn't like it.  Thought it would make me feel 'legit' in someone elses eyes.  Turns out, it just made me feel like smeone other than myself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I guess, so far, being married is an experience to me that is more private.  It is intimacy and learning that there will be very tough times where I will have to step up and protect my protector.  Oh, and the senile thing too.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-6263305253796061406?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/WczNtMyQ400" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/6263305253796061406/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=6263305253796061406" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/6263305253796061406?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/6263305253796061406?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/WczNtMyQ400/master-and-i-had-enjoyable-weekend.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/06/master-and-i-had-enjoyable-weekend.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUYCRH44fyp7ImA9WxJWF0g.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-703111218018247453</id><published>2009-06-23T06:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-23T06:39:25.037-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-23T06:39:25.037-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">We had an awful argument this morning.  He didn't speak to me afterwards.  He left for work without saying goodbye.  I just needed to get something from the bedroom.  Passing by the restroom, I glanced over into it and saw his wedding ring on the counter.  I wanted to get sick when I saw it there.  It doesn't belong there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss him so much.  He's in that summer work mode/schedule.  Sometimes I have to fight to get him to notice me now.  I hate that.  I miss him so much, time spent alone with him.  I want to just lay in bed with him and be held close.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-703111218018247453?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/SmDn35KlgxI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/703111218018247453/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=703111218018247453" title="6 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/703111218018247453?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/703111218018247453?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/SmDn35KlgxI/we-had-awful-argument-this-morning.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/06/we-had-awful-argument-this-morning.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D08BQ3c5eSp7ImA9WxJWF0w.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-1469812649415295721</id><published>2009-06-22T19:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T19:10:52.921-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-22T19:10:52.921-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fantasies" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="training" /><title /><content type="html">I've always wanted to see Master fuck another woman.  A threesome, interactive but with emphasis on voyeurism on my behalf.  Now that we're married? I want it even more.  I had this fantasy last night about that type of encounter and it drove me even crazier.  Want it! Badly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've crossed the threshold: anal sex only from here until further notice.  He's been pushing me the last few days on multiple slave related boundaries.  It brings good and bad hurt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-1469812649415295721?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/U7Uf_wkd1KE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/1469812649415295721/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=1469812649415295721" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/1469812649415295721?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/1469812649415295721?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/U7Uf_wkd1KE/ive-always-wanted-to-see-master-fuck.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/06/ive-always-wanted-to-see-master-fuck.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0IESHk_fCp7ImA9WxJWEU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-1369073192779631281</id><published>2009-06-15T18:35:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T18:45:09.744-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-15T18:45:09.744-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="on being used" /><title /><content type="html">Last night as we curled up in bed, I joked about how we seem to be 'saving' ourselves for the wedding night.  Master then declared that we &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;will&lt;/span&gt; have sex the night before the wedding and that will be the last time we will engage in vaginal intercourse until further notice.  On our wedding night, He will fuck my ass and that's how it will be until He says otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow, I didn't like that at all.  He's been talking about an anal only sex life for about a year now and I have always cringed when it loomed in conversation.  I love vaginal too much to let it go.  Not only that but gosh... on our wedding night? That wasn't the dream I've always had in mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then again, He said stuff like "you will then be my property legally and I will do what I want".  That's sexy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can anal made to be romantic?  I've always wanted romance on my wedding night!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-1369073192779631281?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/SthKa3mmMaA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/1369073192779631281/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=1369073192779631281" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/1369073192779631281?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/1369073192779631281?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/SthKa3mmMaA/last-night-as-we-curled-up-in-bed-i.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/06/last-night-as-we-curled-up-in-bed-i.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUAQHs5fCp7ImA9WxJXFEw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-6929813958277175884</id><published>2009-06-07T16:52:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T17:04:01.524-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-07T17:04:01.524-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">Master wanted a blowjob.  Just out of the blue, "I want a blowjob".  Two months ago, I had no problem doing that.  Two months ago I was in better health and on depression meds that helped.  I really wish I could just out of the blue do that for him.  Sometimes though, especially now with all the complications... I just can't snap into it right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's working now and I'm going to try to get into the minset.  If he wants it when he comes home I'd like to be able to pleasure him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I marry him in a few weeks, I would like to feel like I am not just marrying my best friend and lover but my Master, too.  I call Him Master because afterall well, He is.  Yet we haven't been active M/s in so long...that has to be built up again.  We need this, and I should talk to Him about that.  I would like it to be unspoken that day, that He is taking full ownership and control and that I am pledging my support and service in addition to everything else.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-6929813958277175884?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/IYJtSCiHXHQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/6929813958277175884/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=6929813958277175884" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/6929813958277175884?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/6929813958277175884?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/IYJtSCiHXHQ/master-wanted-blowjob.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/06/master-wanted-blowjob.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEAGRXg5eCp7ImA9WxJXEUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-4897523840036198538</id><published>2009-06-04T19:41:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T19:45:24.620-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-04T19:45:24.620-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">I miss Master.  He's been away at work all week.  Lots of wedding planning going on while He is gone; the wedding is just a few weeks away.  My dress came today.  Aside from receiving the engagement ring and seeing the spot where we will be wed, the dress made it feel more real.  And it's not even a traditional dress.  Just a sundress.  But I am very happy with it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just miss Him.  Can't wait until He comes home tomorrow.  It's been a long week for the simple reason that He hasn't been around. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the kind words, everyone. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-4897523840036198538?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/j-B_GbbjSvw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/4897523840036198538/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=4897523840036198538" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/4897523840036198538?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/4897523840036198538?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/j-B_GbbjSvw/i-miss-master.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/06/i-miss-master.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C08DSXc_fSp7ImA9WxJQGE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-3708827403538038045</id><published>2009-05-31T21:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T21:04:38.945-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-31T21:04:38.945-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">We're getting married. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-3708827403538038045?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/NqwHEtjFPmk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/3708827403538038045/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=3708827403538038045" title="7 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3708827403538038045?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3708827403538038045?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/NqwHEtjFPmk/were-getting-married.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/05/were-getting-married.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUQDRXczeyp7ImA9WxJQFUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-2353935276291611415</id><published>2009-05-28T19:18:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T19:36:14.983-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-28T19:36:14.983-05:00</app:edited><title>all i want is to not want</title><content type="html">I just had this strange passing thought: it is my wish that your daughter grows up to be just like we were.  Full of passion coupled with a strong lesbo streak.  I also wish that things didn't turn out in the manner they did.  She is now a stranger to me, the one who used to be a muscle in my own heart.  Songs fade from popularity.  Tori Amos isn't as hot as she used to be.  $25 and a cracker doesn't hold the fascination that it once did.  Still has a few memories, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kicking around musty thoughts tonight, obviously.  The sky has looked bipolar stunning in the past few days.  Lots of big, threatening clouds mixed with illuminated nearly heavenly looking ones.  Rainbows abound.  My father says it is raining in my life right now.  He's right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But at least I still have my sex drive.   No sex last night.  I didn't initiate.  I don't think we will ever fuck again if I don't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish He would set aside time to hurt me.  To focus on me and not the tivo.  To wax me, kiss me or piss in my ass.  I feel like a kid that will do anything to get her parents attention.  I'd even withstand the assfucking He likes so much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have spent a lot of time lately thinking about my ex, the married one.  Kink was a big part of us.  Maybe that's why I'm thinking about it so much.  I miss kink.  I miss the energy that feeds between an active slave/sub and her dom/master. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Been sighing a lot lately.  But I'm alive.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-2353935276291611415?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/o-ULz4-Vjeg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/2353935276291611415/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=2353935276291611415" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2353935276291611415?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/2353935276291611415?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/o-ULz4-Vjeg/all-i-want-is-to-not-want.html" title="all i want is to not want" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/05/all-i-want-is-to-not-want.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Ck8AQXg_cCp7ImA9WxJQFEo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-7546876034430507267</id><published>2009-05-27T19:19:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T19:34:00.648-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-27T19:34:00.648-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">We fucked again last night.  Hot, hot.  Not just hot but... sensual.  I felt things that I haven't felt in ages.  I spent hours watching porn before He arrived home.  I shaved my cunt close, too.  In the spirit of hoping it would help seduce Him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have no idea what has gotten into me.  I sleep-masturbated in the middle of the night... woke up while I was fingering my clit.  Went at it anyway.  I've cum countless times in the last 24 hours. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd love to fuck Him again tonight but I don't want to be turned down... so I won't attempt.  He's been working long hours over the past few days and I was clearly pushing my luck last night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still.  Sigh.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-7546876034430507267?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/ofJtFjPo6lA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/7546876034430507267/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=7546876034430507267" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/7546876034430507267?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/7546876034430507267?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/ofJtFjPo6lA/we-fucked-again-last-night.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/05/we-fucked-again-last-night.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUYESH08cSp7ImA9WxJQE0U.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-7100975914553666347</id><published>2009-05-26T18:33:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T19:11:49.379-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-26T19:11:49.379-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="on being used" /><title>unsexy ruts</title><content type="html">Master and I fucked last night.  It felt so good to have the world quiet down long enough for us to be intimate like that.  My lips ran over His cock and it was lovely.  There was nothing but our desires... no pressure, expectation or intruding thoughts of day to day obligations.  He fucked me, hard.  It made me feel like a woman.  I felt His strong energy.  I felt the need to yield, yield.  We were so close to being our Master and slave selves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would be lovely to be used sexually.  More often.  Without me having to initiate.  I believe that me not initiating would be a wonderful push toward that mindset.  I fear that sex would almost dissapear if I didn't initiate it.  Master is beginning to really dig deep into that crazy summer schedule of His and...and...and...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish we could be more involved with our local kink group but it seems like the monthly meetings are not meshing with our schedule.  It was a bummer that we missed another munch on Saturday but at the same time I am glad to have spent the time with Master's family.  Bonus is that we accomplished all of our to-do-list &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;yard work&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to become more involved in kink now.  I figured that more activity in the munches would perhaps nudge at that but who knows what will be our inspiration (or kick in the ass).  It seems like something always comes up that takes priority.  I don't feel very comfortable when we have to take a backseat to work or other commitments.  I feel uneasy because sometimes I feel like we can do much better in prioritizing.  Our down time can be spent in bed instead of unwinding in front of a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;tv&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes I stop and realize what I am doing.  Obsessing over keeping the house tidy when I could be relaxing some in order to enjoy Him.  Master, well he's too relaxed.  We need to find a common ground, perhaps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's hard for me to see the big picture.  I live with my face looking down into the fishbowl.  Big picture often defeats me.  That's scary because moments will go by while you're going through your work and then you realize another year has passed... not just a few moments.  And what do you have to show for that year? A cleaner house? New furniture? Not as much in savings as you had wanted.  You're a year older and really... nothing has changed.  That kind of stuff just terrifies me.  I tend to fall into ruts and I dislike that so much about myself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-7100975914553666347?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/dBg9Nh01wpk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/7100975914553666347/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=7100975914553666347" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/7100975914553666347?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/7100975914553666347?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/dBg9Nh01wpk/unsexy-ruts.html" title="unsexy ruts" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/05/unsexy-ruts.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUAHSHo9eCp7ImA9WxJRFEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-3570087416441312657</id><published>2009-05-16T11:49:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-16T12:08:59.460-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-16T12:08:59.460-05:00</app:edited><title>feeling outshined</title><content type="html">Master is back home. It was kind of weird at first, having him back.  I missed him lots.  At the same time, I sort of got used to the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;aloneness&lt;/span&gt;- how it used to be when we lived apart.  I was single, but not.  That whole Woody Allen/Mia Farrow (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;pre&lt;/span&gt; Soon-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Yi&lt;/span&gt;) separate togetherness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been sick for the better part of 3 weeks now.  Different issues, different days.  We haven't had sex in about two weeks.  The more we live together, the more I understand why some men seek a mistress.  It is never pretty.  It isn't always perfect and the sex has suffered.  I can nag, we can fight.  What a mess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That reminds me of when I was a mistress.  I saw the world in a much more romantic light.  I could date him and not have to deal with the messy day to day of it all.  Then again, I couldn't always have him and I was pretty much hidden from the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brings to mind old &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Soundgarden&lt;/span&gt; lyrics:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The grass is always greener / Where the dogs are shitting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of my ex-married-boyfriend, I found him on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt;.  I wasn't looking for him.  He showed up in my 'suggestions'.  That took the wind out of my sails.  I feel like I will always carry mistress related baggage.  I ground in the cigarette because I dated him for so long.  Kept going back, too.  Kind of pissed that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Facebook&lt;/span&gt; suggested him.  I have a tendency to want to pick at that scab and obviously I don't have time for that now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems that the only thing I have time for now is to be the repelling wife figure.  Master wouldn't agree.  It's just how I feel and well... this is my venting space.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-3570087416441312657?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/Qia7_yNHSi4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/3570087416441312657/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=3570087416441312657" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3570087416441312657?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/3570087416441312657?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/Qia7_yNHSi4/feeling-outshined.html" title="feeling outshined" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/05/feeling-outshined.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEEFSXoyeip7ImA9WxJREE0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-7956556287219489880</id><published>2009-05-10T19:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T19:43:38.492-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-10T19:43:38.492-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">Master is leaving tomorrow for a week long business trip.  Part of me will of course miss him but another part of myself is looking forward to the time alone.  Absence...heart...fonder, etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be nice to make the house immaculate and not have to fight to keep it that way. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been entertaining fantasies of moving.  I'm very frustrated with this area.  I feel that I have given it a good run, 10 months so far.  I've never had as many illnesses in my life as I have had in the last 10 months.  This has to be a sign, no? The job is a disaster.  There are no jobs here.  Not that it will be any better anywhere else given the economy.  I just have my heart set on Pennsylvania again.  I miss it.  I want to be closer to my family, too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a misfit puzzle piece around here and I'm just tired.  I want to go somewhere that knows me.  I want to go somewhere that I know.  At least slightly.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-7956556287219489880?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/Q6n6DcMp36E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/7956556287219489880/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=7956556287219489880" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/7956556287219489880?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/7956556287219489880?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/Q6n6DcMp36E/master-is-leaving-tomorrow-for-week.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/05/master-is-leaving-tomorrow-for-week.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkUFQn0_cSp7ImA9WxJSF0k.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-8720620443418946928</id><published>2009-05-07T19:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T19:56:53.349-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-07T19:56:53.349-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">Whew, I miss my friends.  So much.  I just want to spend time with people- other than Master- who know me so well.  I want to be known for a while.  Would feel nice to feel loved by someone other than Master.  I miss my friends.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-8720620443418946928?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/Mg_l9A2d0i8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/8720620443418946928/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=8720620443418946928" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/8720620443418946928?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/8720620443418946928?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/Mg_l9A2d0i8/whew-i-miss-my-friends.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/05/whew-i-miss-my-friends.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkUDQHkzfip7ImA9WxJTGEo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-5775796852987233591</id><published>2009-04-27T19:16:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T19:24:31.786-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-27T19:24:31.786-05:00</app:edited><title>our house is a very very very fine house</title><content type="html">Enjoying the cool breeze on the deck after a long day.  Full time gig chased by a part time gig chased by a beer.  Master and I are building our life together, slowly.  Finished the outdoor furniture last week, grill is set up now.  Little by little, like a puzzle.  It's strange how I connect all of this with being legitimate.  Why does all this make me feel more whole? I guess to me it connects with stability issues that I have.  Self esteem issues, too.  Someone likes me enough to build a life with me.  I shouldn't put so much weight on it; I know I should put more weight on how I feel about things.  I never have before so I know it's a priority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from all that, it feels nice to stand back and take in the fact that we are building a family.  I moved here about 10 months ago.  Back then, I had no job set up in this new strange place.  We lived in a cramped apartment that allowed no pets.  Now we're in a home in the country.  We have peace and space.  We're allowed our pets and we finally got the dog we've wanted.  Master finally has the porch and grill he's always wanted.  Things may not be perfect.  Sure, I don't have health insurance.  At least I have income; two of them at that.  This income is helping to build something for our family.  That feels nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am appreciative that He puts up with me and my neuroses.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-5775796852987233591?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/0pyx4fQNwXo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/5775796852987233591/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=5775796852987233591" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/5775796852987233591?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/5775796852987233591?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/0pyx4fQNwXo/our-house-is-very-very-very-fine-house.html" title="our house is a very very very fine house" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/04/our-house-is-very-very-very-fine-house.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEEEQns5eSp7ImA9WxJTEko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-6844134420350428997</id><published>2009-04-20T20:08:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T20:16:43.521-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-20T20:16:43.521-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="'personal'" /><title>the last one</title><content type="html">I'm in heat tonight.  Missing roughness.  Missing being used like an object. Wish He could fuck me tonight but like I said...I'm in heat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to marry Master.  I wish He would ask me.  I know it sounds ridiculous but I want to be legitimate.  I want to be special enough to be the one for Him.  I want to know what it feels like to be His wife.  To be able to show the world that I am His.  To not feel embarassed by revealing that we live together but are not married...to not be shamed by landlords and pastors.  I want to feel like I am worth it to Him.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-6844134420350428997?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/jSBV1H81gw0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/6844134420350428997/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=6844134420350428997" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/6844134420350428997?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/6844134420350428997?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/jSBV1H81gw0/last-one.html" title="the last one" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/04/last-one.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkEESHYyfCp7ImA9WxJTEUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-4690794448583078611</id><published>2009-04-19T17:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T17:03:29.894-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-19T17:03:29.894-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="adjusting to living with Master" /><title>slow train</title><content type="html">Master came with me to one of my sessions before Easter.&amp;nbsp; I was very appreciative of the fact that he came with me, that he supports me that much.&amp;nbsp; It was a good session and I feel like it made both of us thankful for what we have.&amp;nbsp; I went into the session fearful that she would say we're dysfunctional and awful.&amp;nbsp; She said the complete opposite, though.&amp;nbsp; It felt good for someone to say "you're normal".&amp;nbsp; Since then I feel like a tension has been lifted between us.&amp;nbsp; I am relaxing more and Master is more open to me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We've had sex a lot more, too.&amp;nbsp; Nothing terribly kinky but there's an edge there.&amp;nbsp; Roughness, spanking, nails down skin type of stuff.&amp;nbsp; Part of me feels like we are getting to know each other as a couple now.&amp;nbsp; When we met, we dove into the kink and somehow got everything backwards.&amp;nbsp; I feel like I am becoming closer to him, it makes me feel safe again and I can see us delving back into that world again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Slow process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-4690794448583078611?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/65C-skKu5YI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/4690794448583078611/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=4690794448583078611" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/4690794448583078611?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/4690794448583078611?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/65C-skKu5YI/slow-train.html" title="slow train" /><author><name>Mandalor</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14391864073666419897" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/04/slow-train.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DU4BRHo_cCp7ImA9WxVaEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578044896328738987.post-506016417985729375</id><published>2009-04-08T19:35:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T19:45:55.448-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-08T19:45:55.448-05:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">The addition of the dog into our family has been positive and fruitful.  She's a wonderful focus for us both.  Daily walks.  Visiting people and family.  It's for the dog... her exercise, her socialization...right? It turns out that in the process, she's helping us.  She gets us out more often, she is our connection to the outside world.  And I love her so much.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8578044896328738987-506016417985729375?l=www.imperfectgrace.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~4/UgxEXfbPbgA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.imperfectgrace.com/feeds/506016417985729375/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8578044896328738987&amp;postID=506016417985729375" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/506016417985729375?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8578044896328738987/posts/default/506016417985729375?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/imperfectgrace/nlsq/~3/UgxEXfbPbgA/addition-of-dog-into-our-family-has.html" title="" /><author><name>grace</name><email>grace@imperfectgrace.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="13083066665661492148" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://www.imperfectgrace.com/2009/04/addition-of-dog-into-our-family-has.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>
