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Touching words from the mouths of babes." K3 g; O' Y+ w7 E O- E7 ~2 ]% P% L& p
What does 'Love' mean?
! h* }" E5 k' e0 aA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
' s, ^0 k- {, MThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:4 v' I% C# `# l' t4 h X- B
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'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.'1 D8 |" c) d; t) Q
Rebecca- age 82 X4 f* h& x: ~/ b, a5 j7 x( S
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, g' B% B: s$ }# O; D'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.8 ` A% x: d: I+ `( c
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'* M- l+ S$ j. F1 n+ ]- V0 h
Billy - age 44 R# Z0 o J5 @5 }
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'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'$ U/ Q( E7 P; p( n' i
Karl - age 5. ?( d; b1 V* A) D: H/ V9 Q
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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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% c: [( s6 @4 M'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
0 \6 L8 `$ L) F; J. C2 ^! E" i r2 sTerri - age 4
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/ V# b& }! l- C3 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.'
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' Z$ ?6 L: ~' c: v'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.) O2 Q. C8 e' X+ J) E" `
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'8 T( ^1 [, x) l! W. D
Emily - age 8
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% B8 y, n; ^: C" A* n5 b8 {8 @'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
! o5 }$ j+ ]# l+ XBobby - age 7 (Wow!) B5 x$ h# q8 o5 A3 t4 M, H1 V( ?* R3 Q
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( @- T, E5 t% }3 X! ]7 ]: ~'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.'
' X' \8 `* l. Q+ nNoelle - age 7
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% k8 `' `+ `/ N# u# F5 w'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'8 T4 N4 E# ~% f. v+ h
Tommy - age 6
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, _: `/ f& ^+ ?& \% X6 K5 G'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.- H/ |# f2 L( i) O* \
* m- v' p' B1 A4 T3 HHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody8 e6 l" D* R8 Q4 o3 ?
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'8 A+ W! {5 C! R4 [
C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'0 h/ S4 @" M- T6 W
Elaine-age 5. l5 @6 s9 ?3 h( W' P0 X1 D
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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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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'" t' f1 O) |4 }7 p) o0 }% {5 k. `
Mary Ann - age 4. C. M8 w& t+ i7 X5 }
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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.'$ @! z! k& R+ j7 R
Lauren - age 4
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8 e% ?3 y2 x$ Y. C' n1 b; |" ?'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
! P1 |, |9 |) U; K* R# Q0 K9 x7 VKaren - age 7
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% c/ z, |4 n$ r. s'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.'4 G( z, K6 K% r' ~$ n: B1 R
Jessica - age 8
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9 Q; A9 Z& E8 _0 T9 M8 K7 ?And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.2 j1 n$ ?( G7 R- Y d
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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4 t% E f# \* @6 Z( N: j6 R9 VThe 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.' o H, e3 K3 w: X' }, v+ P- ?$ x
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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