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Touching words from the mouths of babes./ N/ m9 Y# r' m, B
What does 'Love' mean?9 X g- l, {2 ? v
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
) r- n. Z/ q! i3 j. v! XThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:+ W# v# `& z4 L' {# j+ {* i* i9 A
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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.'
" x7 j& \* O9 ?* f8 z8 U- xRebecca- age 8
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; L% H( N" a. }7 J' k'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
, u2 K- ~6 @: BYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'& M6 y, _2 I( S( A) D
Billy - age 43 @7 X1 n+ y) v0 D% k4 x1 z
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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.'
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. z* o. _6 h# Q" G' ?7 z'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; u8 D- F' w: N9 s
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$ M* r4 W- ]( R'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
+ M9 N+ P0 \" Y w. \3 g4 ZTerri - age 4
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6 h t' T8 p1 {6 \' }* Z% H'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.'1 @' N; A* w' d6 @: F0 ^/ ]
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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.* h' E1 _0 t9 [2 O$ `
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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& G, X$ R5 O$ W'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
$ ?; S6 k$ q( O2 f. Z% m2 IBobby - age 7 (Wow!)" h$ r: K5 u: `) s1 Y2 g2 F9 x7 z5 x
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, s7 o, H# C* K0 G'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6
! h2 j$ K. f4 b" M(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)# n! _ A2 N" k3 f7 [* \
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'% \: }( }$ ^- h) V' O: P
Noelle - age 7
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/ { W! b1 ]+ G; S- e7 |* m, m'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'. J0 l+ T6 C: T' c
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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.
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) u' X( d8 [4 I. V% Y2 p- xHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
& T/ j8 f# J9 ?6 r, y; b! UCindy - age 8
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. I2 ]3 }* n" `: p; t'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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3 c5 i; N6 X, \. P1 l, C. d' @7 iYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'1 i, T- _2 U* Z1 b* ?, ~& z* |
C lare - age 62 s7 r5 c! i9 g) m
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'$ c) D6 a, |, K {, w
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.'% x$ ~% y8 y) `8 x+ m( Y
C hris - age 7
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! n8 t! C3 n0 W: H4 Q h'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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' J6 a/ O% B0 b7 `, C'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'2 ~) ]& X2 X2 X' Z% r
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)' L: P* p1 O. Y: E- K
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9 v# t0 r$ O q'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 ~$ r; b# Q8 R. H+ s2 nJessica - 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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5 D" w! S2 F+ q6 D: z4 n6 Q6 rThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.( g0 y% t# ?2 z1 l
0 M3 H& ^" k! t5 U& pThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.% [5 S1 t6 q$ ~
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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.
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5 W* \: O& E- L, VWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
! Y0 ?' o) S W'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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