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Touching words from the mouths of babes.: c: x2 f& y+ i& {; y
What does 'Love' mean?
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/ Y% P5 S& m5 V* ]) GThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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% ~# x4 q/ J0 }0 Y'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
8 m2 c- [" c& [% X3 l" URebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.3 j7 x4 Z4 a% y
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.', l, A/ N0 L) j7 ^4 N
Billy - age 4
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% C2 ?" N4 x+ q$ S7 ^8 k4 N% ]'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'" I+ o0 q9 m* E8 Y" Q
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.'
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/ A0 [% }/ |, H8 @; C) M8 r'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'- ]% R& J% Q; s) T C/ B+ H- }! S
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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.', [, h; d" I; l; r# ]
Danny - age 75 @4 @/ n9 p9 L0 r3 v# m. t- h2 C
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5 B) h6 \* X' L'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.8 }1 k$ z1 ^4 t7 n5 x( J7 \
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'- }' e' Q4 R. m+ l& j" L
Emily - age 83 }! X5 {" {. J- \! V9 O
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6 ]+ f( l. Q+ d5 f. c9 z7 m0 Y'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'9 a: y8 {/ p4 B7 x
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!). ^4 h0 z0 A/ x8 R) t6 H
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P# U J$ `6 X% F: l'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,' u( a. ]1 R. J$ Y2 R$ a
* N" S# K1 Z/ ]3 o4 eNikka - age 6
% y( t& | `6 x# N(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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( _6 L: A% D5 w; f% v'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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8 G9 \; z0 L* D) ]$ e8 D) N8 H'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. I% z! p: m9 J1 X+ a
4 W7 a1 y0 |; oHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.', N& M: j5 w5 T9 p
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody+ z1 Z/ O& ^" K' Z2 _9 F
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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.'! s+ N- K# L- f
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.'2 B, _8 S4 u! g+ I; a0 i0 C, n. ?
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'* o( R) ]' v0 }' Y* U8 f; R
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.'7 b; M9 e$ g) p0 P. \
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Karen - age 7" A8 O0 `" Y) a0 a* w) C- r# h
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$ H- {% ?3 @6 j: r O'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.'/ h) t: V0 {' q6 [! C1 }% i* O
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- y' @# \/ s9 m/ e% K: g, O& rAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.5 [. f3 s. A; v5 q
0 Y% D9 y9 [' m- m, k; EThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.. v! |! @/ x; E9 V8 I
+ f; x0 i$ O- I: ^% ?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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8 y( _1 v- n F: l5 [- W* vUpon 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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$ ?2 n# y6 R( e2 g9 P. AWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said," @- n5 w( P4 F# P! q V- D
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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