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Touching words from the mouths of babes.6 s+ D, ]% p \ D6 {
What does 'Love' mean?1 W8 F( F8 `' C' i/ _' o
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.% Z# R' v4 S) q( V! v; C
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'$ V3 Z( @ @& c4 L* y
Billy - age 4
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: h2 i6 a. G/ g, A5 B2 e- Y'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.'" S2 n% H* T3 | N) e$ ^& B% |
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( i* L n- d$ O2 o8 O/ S'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.'( o: S1 D3 P& L$ _* T, E# L* \/ H
Danny - age 7
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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.! D3 n% p* Z8 d: K
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'" U* B) l* C' `1 X K
Emily - age 8
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; U" K1 R0 V' q( p'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
3 u' Y R! x j4 ? d: GBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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+ f0 M# `; a& ~9 ~4 L, h9 B) T'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'( M3 ]/ h& s( J% }8 j2 P3 G
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Nikka - age 6, O/ k) \7 o6 D& ^/ @/ K
(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.'$ ?! _( z" C' J+ B* F, V% t* [( j
Noelle - age 7; ]5 g2 N, w) J, s3 b
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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.'* b ^% K3 y5 K# I. U" P
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5 y( X- n9 h8 m+ Z'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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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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; z5 q$ A0 F* B# x; z, M'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'" A% b$ { n$ }+ \
C lare - age 6
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. L3 ~+ O/ i) v8 A7 h# ^4 X'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'+ `& ~5 R; Y% d& S& r c
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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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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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.'4 y. w$ v/ p# M$ V* U/ W0 y
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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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.'1 W& @) g( s% n: |& q# g; ^
Jessica - age 81 K7 q% u( y1 O; z
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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.3 \$ }7 _; F' a: K0 |6 \% _* G( ]
; p! L, V r a8 G3 y3 Q9 |When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
$ Z7 k% t, O7 h( `'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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