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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
; k% ~; K8 L( G: _( b3 yTouching words from the mouths of babes.7 Y! R2 ^/ `8 Q( Z0 U0 B
What does 'Love' mean?
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* B i. O j1 x1 i% o( wThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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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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- I: n$ u' @7 [! M'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
1 D/ E, q* P) K" sYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'4 }, E/ H0 N* N! E v6 d, @: O
Billy - age 4
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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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4 x) m$ `$ |) q3 R'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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9 O6 A. \( [$ e# l! B6 h$ B'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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: H# d4 F2 M% f* E: q) j- w/ @% `'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.'6 X6 x9 I% f1 ?. \ S, d( Y6 P
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3 |: m. e) H6 D6 o+ t3 y'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.! p' f- V) | W# d; ]
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'$ |( e7 s5 _$ K: @. L# \
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)$ i h! z% v$ u& m
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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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2 q4 r6 R/ R1 g1 x+ c6 J+ vNikka - age 6' Q4 A+ ~6 O( W/ n2 w+ n
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet). b; q, n6 `. x+ S8 Q0 U. M, U! Z
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+ {; u. _# ~# o3 S'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'" }* K- o2 T1 }" ^- B
Noelle - age 72 X, j% t$ ^* p0 v+ R
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, P" `. U: S# N3 l'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.+ ?, n' y. d- s, q/ Q, G
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'7 n$ k! P% Z1 c; h% C
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody. ]* `$ g8 V3 g2 R7 v
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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.'8 ]7 f9 t p2 M- q
Elaine-age 58 Q: O- h0 F1 x; R" b2 d: |# `
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3 b% c# U( j _3 U6 f3 J'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'9 a" M9 s# Y8 ]$ {5 ^
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: Q/ R1 N$ a3 v9 ?'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'" y4 E; Z( [) L( a @* n3 E
Mary Ann - age 4
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5 D! q! J" W" @1 G2 ]5 ?" O3 ]+ {'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)- N# o- a: H8 {1 k
Karen - age 7
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m3 P4 [$ I$ ?* H. n'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.'- q \; O" |7 a& Q) g& ]9 n% ~+ o
Jessica - age 8
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" p0 E" W. \* `7 m. UAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.. F# w- P9 I- ^4 G7 Q
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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6 ~( \# t) Z( A' uThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.0 H; o$ i' R8 m: N- `
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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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$ o* m7 {1 f% K* ], u7 QWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
0 E0 j4 q. L" B: @4 g1 R$ V'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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