Crush of the Week: Santana Moss

I feel in love the other day. I was at the opening ceremony for the International Childrens' Festival and I met Washington Redskin Sanatana Moss.

I'm not much of a football fan, but I knew the name. If you follow football at all, you know the name. Meeting him at an arts event, however, is not what I would have expected.

But it turns out that he is a huge supporter of the arts, especially programs for children. In fact, he almost went to art school. How cool is that? As the guest of honor, he spoke about the influence the arts had on his life, and the impact it made on who he is today. How could I not fall in love?

So, football player and artist Santana Moss is my crush of the week.

The Feeling of Love

Movies and books really mess us up in many ways. In terms of romance, they give us ridiculous notions of what love is supposed to feel like. They make us believe that love is about the sick pit in your stomach, the crazy feeling of emotions out of control, a heightened sense that fireworks must be flying at all times.

No wonder people are so often disappointed with the reality.

I experienced many of those feelings in my dating life, yet it was never with Mr. Right. Then I fell in love. And guess what? I didn't really feel any of those things. What I felt was a complete and total sense of calm contentment. From our first date, everything felt easy. Everything was easy!

This feeling is so much better than the fantasy. I'm so glad I've experienced real love...in fact, I'm grinning stupidly just thinking about it. So, maybe there is a little bit of the fireworks thing going on here. But mostly it's just a complete sense of "right."