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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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What does 'Love' mean?
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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.- {% t5 d' B8 F1 k
* U4 Y* _0 o/ r% _; w: |: sSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
9 g9 J$ u3 N# nRebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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3 ^, u2 `# I1 k) ~* u3 n1 h. U+ |$ bBilly - age 4
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/ ^# v' @8 j. r. V a'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'+ n( Q& m# S7 q- g, G# v8 x3 i
Karl - age 5 n9 X$ c$ b3 k* t& D
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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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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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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.': Q% m/ ?8 B. F, x) [
Danny - age 74 [4 G* J6 o- z1 Q, r/ \; A
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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.
; S% x: q% K- ~My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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3 W' m2 ` r" |* ?3 h'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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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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Nikka - age 6# n+ x: f; [6 I9 ?0 M( P/ V
(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.') Q) Y9 S; M" n1 b' l: T- }1 [
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.'
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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.* N7 c6 J% t2 c5 y, D9 f' G( L
: w% `% S5 \2 f- I' d JHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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& c/ ?2 k+ p" W# ^3 f i'My mommy loves me more than anybody: u H! @! E" W$ V9 n. A
. B7 U* R) E0 G! E9 }You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'5 s) e3 A" l2 {6 n3 K# x/ f. @
C lare - age 6
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6 Y7 d# `& T$ R3 Q% L. m'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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: M- Z' J3 L4 u+ p'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' V( `' Y7 u& e2 z# {
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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.'
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)3 r" C% x+ l* \3 O' w1 c! ~2 q
Karen - age 7 ~- F1 }( U/ k% m# o
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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.'& V% P, M/ h# _6 ?# A! I' T% f
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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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.# |, D! C6 q8 }6 S5 N( y# G. b
! L* v# {' X9 P( rWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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