Happily Ever After

It's the best feeling in the world: love.

It can also be the worst. Because sometimes the person you love stops loving you back.

But love can be experienced in more than just a relationship. It can be experienced through a great song, a touching book, or an amazing TV show.

That's the love I've come to appreciate. I get to fall in love alongside the characters in my favorite cheesy romance novel. I get goosebumps watching my favorite couple finally getting together on TV. I get to know I'm not alone whenever I discover a song that says things I've wanted to say but couldn't. And unlike reality, there's always a happy ending.

But I think the reason why I love these things the most is because they give me hope. After an episode of One Tree Hill, I have no doubt that there is love out there for me. I am going to have my own epic love story, with an appropriately matched soundtrack filled with great artists like Matt Nathanson and The Fray. I'm going to fall in love with someone so hard that it'll be like they're my own brand of heroin.

I think I can wait for that.