What Love Means

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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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  m7 J# ^. ~: l/ WA 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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; ?) \6 U9 U- @* k9 X'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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! {( a% P9 `; y4 n' }So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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$ x( o4 F- y+ S! J9 J1 X'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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Billy - age 4

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6 \6 H% M* i" v'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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# j9 D$ V" ]( t) h'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.'
Terri - age 4
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2 U1 d9 ~& z: P8 X( o'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.
3 ~9 H8 J8 f9 k  {My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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) ?8 A8 [! r, t& D'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)



'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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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.

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Cindy - age 8


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; c' [. K  [2 O8 g$ N9 S+ F'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You 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.'
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, K, E0 K: J8 F  k" o'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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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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& j) z2 W0 @. @0 ^/ ]. i9 U/ F'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.'
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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.

The 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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Upon 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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/ M2 s& ~# P; ~/ ]5 [When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

trixie

Lovely!

billzhao

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'  this is funy
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the last one is moving.

the one that says his mom and dad kiss all the time but gross is interesting

trixie

I know my elder brother loves me because he always eats up my leftover. :-)

xiaoice

em......... what does the last story mean? Why is it moving?