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Touching words from the mouths of babes.5 k- J& c' y; G( \" \9 K6 O
What does 'Love' mean?
2 |" \7 f/ r1 S. t$ [9 a2 J4 R) gA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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6 {, b* H- b& |+ C8 v* kSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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9 v. E9 k+ S/ [% c7 }'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.$ A) P1 |; W: \4 B, z1 L, q
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
5 B- y5 k0 y6 e+ Y: WBilly - age 4
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8 g( }' C+ w, u1 ]+ ['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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'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'2 x1 G; z1 ~& H. x
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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: p. j$ ]( c: P I" e'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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( J2 h; p6 v; k% z& z'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.
/ ?3 g% e! j4 KMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'- M3 p; M3 I3 \
Emily - age 8& W( E5 {1 [% F& s" e% c* H; f
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9 a4 ^: b |# X: S- e'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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! l* t9 A8 ]# M5 S8 f0 l'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6
4 s, I" H' A* P$ X9 {& t(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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/ o8 Q" P+ J% N V% J$ F% ?4 t'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'* X( @/ R% M* t# T# e/ C9 E
Noelle - age 78 A' L" i5 E% v
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7 H. X( ^4 C. {" B d'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'; O3 G' t8 [1 A, A
Tommy - age 6
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8 c4 `9 z1 j6 X% e7 q" X7 z, d'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." ?$ }: C/ `. ?, ^, N
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.': d6 M& c: a8 \1 m @
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody/ c9 k+ I1 P& x" C* M! H
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'1 V: U' i, w- Z1 h1 A, p- @3 ~
C lare - age 6# N5 H( p- |( {: ?( v. _8 g
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" x, \! S6 @9 b. ['Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'4 i L: \5 z/ T) x0 y' H& q
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" r: C. @: A+ A7 n9 `/ n'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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3 ?/ s$ T' S6 [2 z# ^& R'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'. m. i- Y5 O* m E1 E7 M" q4 J
Mary Ann - age 4
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" I" _8 H: Z9 w. V! B( o. V' v'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'! b) k% @* C( V% e- F( s5 w1 b. F4 Q
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)
, E4 l+ S3 |- p Z5 d2 wKaren - age 7
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' M( q- x: l/ V' d/ x' L1 b'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.', s1 \7 t' B j
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.
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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+ c9 n. Z- r. T& jThe 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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+ z; s0 b8 d6 k! R- eUpon 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,' ]0 X9 W7 C8 V
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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