- A group of professional people posed this question to
a group of 4 to 8 year olds, "What does love mean?" The answers
they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what
you think:
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- "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't
bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for
her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca - age 8
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- "When someone loves you, the way they say your name
is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy
- age 4
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- "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts
on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age
5
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- "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4
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- "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy
and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is
OK." Danny - age 7
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- "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you
get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"
Emily - age 8
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- "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas
if you stop opening presents and listen," Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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- "If you want to learn to love better, you should
start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6
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- "There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love.
But God makes both kinds of them." Jenny - age 8
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- "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt,
then he wears it every day." Noelle - age 7
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- "Love is like a little old woman and a little old
man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6
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- "During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I
was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving
and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore,"
Cindy - age 8
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- "My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't
see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6
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- "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of
chicken." Elaine-age 5
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- "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty
and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7
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- "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after
you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4
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- "I know my older sister loves me because she gives
me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren
- age 4
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- "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and
down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7
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- "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and
she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6
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- "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you
mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget,"
Jessica - age 8
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- And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia
once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest
was to find the >most caring child.
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- The winner was a four year old child whose next door
neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon
seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard,
climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what
he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just
helped him cry."
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