How often do you come across a real-life romance story? Specifically, one that has actually been written out, in all its passionate glory?
I don't happen across them all that often. In fact, My Sergei, Ekaterina Gordeeva's story of how she and her husband fell in love amid the world of Russian world championship figure skating, was the first I'd ever read.
Until yesterday.
Somehow I happened across The Pioneer Woman's blog site yesterday, and of course, when I saw "Love Story," I had to read it.
An hour and a half later I emerged from the land of "High Heels to Tractor Wheels," her exquisitely well-told story of how she, a LA city girl, met and fell madly in love with a real-life modern cowboy whose life was tied to the ranch in the middle of nowhere that his family had owned for generations.
There are several reasons why this story seems so special to me. One is definitely in the writing. This woman, who calls herself Ree online, is a very, VERY good writer. Another is that she only set out to tell a simpler story as a celebration of her fourteenth anniversary, last fall. But the story told itself over the course of months, and she's still not quite finished.
Yet another thing that makes this story pop off the computer screen is her love and passion for "Marlboro Man." It shows not only in the story, but on page after page of blog posts, before and since. She is still, fourteen years later, crazy in love with her cowboy husband... almost as crazy as I am about my husband. And that's soooo nice to see! She loves him for his voice and his kisses. She loves him for his simple take-charge yet generous ways. She loves him for the father he is to their four children. She loves him for his strength. She loves him for his chaps. Kind of like I love my husband for his devotion to me, and the way that he is a father to our three kids, and his strength, and the way he looks when he's all dressed in black. (Actually, he looks fantastic in any color, but he's irresistible when he's all in black.)
So if anyone reading this is interested, here's the link to the list of blog posts as she writes them, installment-style. If you'd prefer to read all but the last installment (as of the moment), all on one page, then click on "Black Heels" over on the left, and then on "Black Heels-Complete." Just go back to the link I gave you to see if there are any new posts that aren't included yet.
And now, I'm wondering something. I know this blog has precious few readers at the moment (because I haven't written much, most likely), but is there anyone out there who would be interested in my story? I've been meaning to write it out for years, but never got around to it until today. Now, inspired by Ree, I've got 15 pages of it written, and I'm searching for details I don't remember. I don't want to forget more than I already have.
My story isn't a fast and furious romance like Ree and Marlboro Man had. It's a friends-becoming more story, and it starts, "I was twelve, the first time I saw him."
Anyone interested, now or in the future if/when you happen across this blog?