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Touching words from the mouths of babes.9 u, ]: R7 |; y _
What does 'Love' mean?
+ ~5 w2 j3 d4 s8 Q5 K; k5 E8 DA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
4 Z, w( D! p, D' [: xThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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3 V- t, R* x! G6 r/ u- ?'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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) ?$ P4 L1 u+ `# R0 }So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'5 t5 f; n$ K- L1 N0 o; t
Rebecca- age 8
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M5 n- m( e. y'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.4 M" \! h* [- h; ` E Z7 D
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'. |3 G* G# F% d. ?( ^" T9 j
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.'$ a( y7 A2 n2 G7 U. |) [
Karl - age 5 y n) s6 h( o$ ?
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* }7 y; d8 h2 c5 ~7 u" Q! _'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.') b+ ]. a: y9 M7 A
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" ]" ^1 _( d G% O. S! u'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.'$ f3 S7 @& n5 e$ }
Danny - age 7
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, f$ G1 @) S ^7 R'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.
' @! T+ I" a( d) h! h+ u8 EMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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$ E, z) a) _9 w+ w8 p'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'; F0 S' I: Q I% i& h
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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! S; k8 Y2 S; P! s O, D8 A'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6
2 O8 h* p+ K/ X(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.'
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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.'
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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.' q0 V9 j3 ]- U9 @3 A6 u
^% k8 B! S C3 q( `" v3 o9 }! G: SHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'. J* z j1 @- p' p4 ^
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody; w& Y* v) _ d# H
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'2 l/ m" M- v' m$ z
C lare - age 67 ]. @5 [" Y. ^* ^9 u7 G# R
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' ^6 }1 u* N* D# T1 M'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
+ I9 g0 v# q4 L6 JElaine-age 5
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! t; X4 ?. y, \7 k'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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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.'8 w0 O5 e9 `0 x0 T4 o7 o2 b2 v. v
Lauren - age 42 }: n N8 H3 q1 y' i/ T
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; O/ H ^. f: J) B'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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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.'
! k9 b6 I, K3 g4 OJessica - age 87 b, ^. F7 Y, Z7 D4 [; p
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% H1 e# y `0 X d' r/ QAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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0 c/ u" B1 l5 n/ [. I# T0 kThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.8 s$ D% [" z/ ?+ U! P2 M
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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.6 I( R5 C( z$ G9 C
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Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.! f( w6 ?" Q% j9 V' N5 w$ F8 u7 [
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, j% |& D: B% Q
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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