  Anna got another hand spanking today. I had been curious as to how many times I actually brought my hands down on her when we did an OTK, so I counted.
When I spank Anna for giving her release rather than punishment, I'm very casual about warm up and progression. I watch her carefully and increase the strokes rate and intensity based on the feedback she gives me. This experience is for her pleasure after all. The first 300 I barely struck her at all, after that I alternated between hitting her progressively harder and faster. When I had her turn around so I could spank her left handed, I was able to hit her as hard as I could without a ramp up. After about 900 or so I was really laying into her reaching way back and coming down hard with a follow through type stroke. I kept that intensity til the end only changing the rate. Slowing down to let her feel the full sting of each one, then speeding up so she wiggled under the intensity.
She gave me her safe word at stroke 1576. Knock off the warmup strokes, and she still gets a decent spanking. She began to sob and cry once I put her under my left hand so she cried through about 400 strokes. Not bad for her at all. She really needed this one. Punishment spankings are really different. There is no warm up or ramp up, I just lay into her and she cries out after about 10. But today was about love.
Giving her my love and approval in a way and means that translates into love in her heart and in her soul. After it's over, the relaxed facial muscles and slight grin on her lips makes the whole experience a wonderful joy. She has said she feel she needs them more, and more often. I hope that is the case, but I do need to get back in the gym and do some arm curls. 
