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Touching words from the mouths of babes.- ~, i7 ?( G, X9 o/ j s( U& w
What does 'Love' mean?4 |' [, O: j; i: a5 V; f- L g: U: Z' X
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'. c! s/ [! M; G, N
The 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.9 f _. X$ E+ V( X* F. i6 R
. g& _% S: ~ `/ v' q ^* iSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'5 k/ ^3 m# D' m# \* F
Rebecca- age 8
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5 c7 T; o( j0 P* \( p! l) D6 f'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.0 p* v) m) \. l
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'3 }/ \( t& l- f" f4 i, G
Billy - age 4" Q! y; S7 c% i# y% k" W/ e& n
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0 H, b/ V# `- X! m; z q'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.'& o: l2 Q$ o4 p$ {
C hrissy - age 62 H# Z% R) ^" r! i9 \" N; u
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; D f/ z! [+ i7 Z4 d% E'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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; r9 H/ g! _! n7 o7 t/ H3 c'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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! D$ u. E7 Q( p7 I'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 h7 @: J" B' U2 h5 d: H1 R* L
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss') U2 X; X* d y7 `4 s% _( o" P
Emily - age 8
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* |' T6 u$ J3 Z" q- l) C'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
3 y. F( |; ]5 ^. lBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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0 Y, Z0 m k# Y7 S6 V7 T2 vNikka - age 6
1 i" b" e" ^+ F' U(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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; F9 E2 Y' A! m'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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7 t* E/ j6 [7 P" {0 F/ s6 I'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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+ f2 I0 j% Y( |5 [He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.', v- T3 {0 E3 @/ E" O: j1 x/ K7 u
Cindy - age 86 R: u5 X& w1 x0 C. Z8 D
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& z* m- O) t; ^; g'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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q4 v+ X7 @4 D, J" y5 h. W! cYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'. c9 k( |% v6 N9 T, j
C lare - age 6
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8 x3 J2 [1 ?4 y4 F'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'( `: i( y6 T1 {/ A! r
Elaine-age 5
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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) d+ m& K& R6 S% W9 ~'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'& B# b( P+ g& o5 A8 U
Mary Ann - age 4
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1 e$ Z* z! @* Z( D2 W8 i'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), U, c* z+ s- a. s$ D9 Q
Karen - age 7" ?# v& i( A% X0 {
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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./ M/ O& V/ c1 i3 g
; y" N, v! p& R4 KThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.& T3 K5 ]% }6 t* }5 q Z1 c$ J0 D
, a0 K0 p* {5 \/ yUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.2 v3 \* {* M6 z2 B7 Y+ P' s
! l7 k! t4 T: f! q* }1 x2 Q: \9 NWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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