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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) }, I0 [; @- M6 h. V7 j6 `8 ]4 qThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

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' Y9 B+ l% ^# T: T! E2 J'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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' D! _& V1 A. M, bSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
6 g6 j( `3 c; K+ h  S' ]Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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$ [$ t( n$ g2 r" f2 t7 ~" ?: p'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
+ U5 C! ~- q* |. H/ ^Karl - age 5
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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.'
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
9 m( X8 L) w. Q. f3 vTerri - age 4
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! q( m* h0 J4 }'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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  B/ Z; g% z7 v# _1 t5 o'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.
  w  L  x: j; o2 T1 u" E/ sMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
' j* @0 S2 L  QBobby - 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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+ G9 E" b* Z  A9 S4 P9 B'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.'
" x1 s5 i1 k) W/ o% N# u( UTommy - 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.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
7 d! s4 B- `6 \2 a1 oCindy - age 8
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7 n  A) c& F! Q1 R  W5 U'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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2 P: r7 q# d0 J, H'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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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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7 i/ F  i6 ?3 L# X'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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0 r5 R# h- B) C0 p# c  D. K'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7



% H( c* {  q) \5 v* {6 \$ b( R) _'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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3 _7 B/ c: f; g% f1 b' I, oThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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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.
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% r& d4 u; z' ~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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; B6 ]1 z, l  T; b9 o$ ZWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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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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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?