 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:
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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 just 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 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
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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
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this
planet)
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"Love is when you tell a guy you like his
shirt, then he wears it everyday."
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 Brad Pitt
."
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." (what
an image)
Karen - age 7
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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.
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" |