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What
does Love mean?
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:
"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
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just
know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age
4
"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
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries
without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy -
age 6
"Love is
what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age
4
"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
"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
"Love is
what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and
listen."
Bobby - age
7 (Wow!)
"If you want
to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,"
Nikka - age
6
(we need a few million more Nikka's
on this planet)
"Love is
when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle - age
7
"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
"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
"My mommy
loves me more than anybody
You don't
see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age
6
"Love is
when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5
"Love is
when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than
Robert Redford."
Chris - age
7
"Love is
when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann -
age 4
"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
"When you
love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you."
(what an image)
Karen - age
7
"Love is
when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."
Mark - age 6
"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
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.
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 what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
"Nothing, I
just helped him cry"
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