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Touching words from the mouths of babes.
8 q) t0 o' ^$ kWhat does 'Love' mean?
# T$ K" I4 k" U$ bA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'% c% L+ W8 z+ Y1 R9 l9 r/ W
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:2 H! `6 a% Y. J0 v; x
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- C8 b: k* I0 d3 h'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.! Y# i3 V* {6 P/ L: r6 \- w; F
% f) |( n3 U# W" ~4 }' R2 mSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
2 O2 u" [; n8 ?Rebecca- age 8
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7 m# f6 |" T2 Y; M7 t'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
, L7 V4 o8 A8 g1 f5 o4 OYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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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.'* x- P$ m4 ]$ Y$ C. e. u
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7 m: d( W% e$ x3 X0 i'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'3 `/ h5 f) n6 K
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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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.'
, d: ^4 f* {& gDanny - age 7; I# X4 H5 S6 e
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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.2 V' V! ^% K7 a- A2 n
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
$ O2 C- k; @, i0 g* R1 N( AEmily - age 8
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'% G9 ]2 y: p/ o; I% n5 u
$ m3 W) I1 A8 M0 W( qNikka - age 6
6 {. ~4 W3 C2 q6 G4 J9 K0 N(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)8 Z( x2 g9 X% [! {
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.') Z) u+ v2 F0 C% e$ ~8 w
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.'2 {* z h% o8 g# f7 w" r
Tommy - age 6
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' E2 w/ [2 G+ h# N1 g2 A O'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./ G+ E+ g V$ H3 _" I3 n! n3 G* f
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'6 Y0 f5 F+ y+ v2 U$ r0 z
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, \- n6 [& z; Y7 Q, p0 O! Q'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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" Q. J$ |) {1 Y: CYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'3 ^ Q: \ x/ ^0 R; W+ N8 y% s, u
Elaine-age 5
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( y5 v, J( ^+ E: I- c/ n& U'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'( h* T" P0 k+ D$ y7 [' [8 [
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8 M9 B1 a5 Z0 x( C" U R'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'4 j6 b e. L5 x5 d' n. d
Mary Ann - age 4
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& {: r8 m! @' }6 S8 I% H) G" n% D'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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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)1 f2 u z: F# l$ ]; h* f! ~7 P! s. {# H
Karen - age 7
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/ K) c# D1 @$ f* P( R( n'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.'
/ E9 I7 P/ d8 U8 l3 D' d# FJessica - age 8, j0 d4 ]5 ^* ]0 E
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1 g- x6 p8 r7 }( y5 ]& B5 jAnd 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.' |6 [ w9 x6 D
p0 t4 l8 B, d0 YThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
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" L/ o9 T0 [3 N8 g- f/ yUpon 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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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
, Q1 p' E- n" t, L$ g( k7 Z'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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