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Touching words from the mouths of babes.' X& v1 z' V( w q
What does 'Love' mean?/ e9 l2 q9 ?% M; W: T
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
9 ?, Z p+ V3 @, aThe 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.1 V+ n9 ]# X0 ?5 u% A
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
. h3 e8 v w4 N! Q- o2 iRebecca- age 84 _6 n* `+ s& b/ V7 d: @% G
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0 N: h, p. q2 q1 q7 \5 k'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
) h- u# W) v2 i0 i3 |You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'4 O5 h4 L, n& W; q4 b1 o
Billy - age 4+ T+ b. m7 ]2 E6 @' o
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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.'
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n" `' C3 l/ m' I3 j0 G C'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'0 B1 d0 M- y1 ]( [3 Z4 f
C hrissy - age 6
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1 g/ \( r7 p: b, [) }/ H! h5 ^& b3 u( U'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'# x0 j6 S: d; l% l: Q: ]9 w
Terri - age 4
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9 }" i! C* j; b. I'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.'
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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.$ D5 K6 t0 @0 ?, u, v
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'3 W/ |. s" C" g5 @6 l! c/ u
Emily - age 8
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7 f! p7 V W/ _$ V) L4 @'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
3 g0 Q) L$ h2 f. a1 xBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'( g: q) m2 Q6 E1 v# H) H
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Nikka - age 6
/ {$ K0 E3 U* r8 v4 \9 Q(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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& O( a8 J* c+ `$ s'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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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.'2 ]& u/ I& h* l1 Y8 _% m
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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.
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?8 n R. L# M6 c$ q3 o8 O" VHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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- h$ b y/ K" G: K! `'My mommy loves me more than anybody( {/ {, L: A7 B. Q' w1 U y
! Z1 d' ]9 H2 E( W5 QYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'" G. |6 c4 p8 @2 A1 ~+ r
C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.') J" l; s9 w! t8 P2 C& L' b
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'" k9 D+ y3 ~6 h. j% R0 z
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; i" L& V% a& Y4 r3 `'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'$ v* \( h/ E5 U
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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.'
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5 r8 {% Y) f* y: [+ ]8 i# \'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
/ `( c' ?3 Z2 h6 r" B: tKaren - age 7& _& k! i) R9 J- A) W' A6 k; P$ I
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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.'- R" U, Q" B& _6 {6 a$ B
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.+ F O& P0 V$ Y) ]
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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.; S) T! d) I& b1 _ z
$ z! [" i. n! \+ dUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
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: N8 n* u; T$ Q; R9 \When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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