Wow, what does love feel like? Great question, especially for those of us who may not exactly know, you know?

I've definately fallen in love several times (romantic love). It's a suffusion of feeling, like ink in water as the other person gets inculcated into my life and heart. At first it's very concentrated and localized emotion of warmth, excitement and anticipation. For me it's rather like a thrall of hope.

It diffuses over time, equillibrates and becomes very comfortable and safe. Even when (or if) it doesn't work out, I'm forever tinged (usually in a good way) by my experience with that person.

Now, non-romantic love is quite different, although the two can blend and merge. For me, the non-romantic love is so eminently favorable. It's not ravaged by emotion, but rather based on a solid foundation of shared experience, mutual respect, and fairness. It's a feeling of being known and witnessed by another.

Love of a completely different color is the love I feel for the children in my life. I've never felt anything like it. It's protective and patient. Full of wonder as I watch these little people emerge from the clay. How I can feel so much and absolutely positively want nothing in return just astounds me. It's profound and humbling. It's completely selfless.