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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
2 L [2 z2 {) o; `4 D4 zTouching words from the mouths of babes.; a& N% R. X) A
What does 'Love' mean?
+ c% a# a z4 x% b$ OA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
% K7 }6 m# T8 LThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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) {0 P9 }' }0 g6 v n'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.! H! b3 N: X ?4 y0 n
1 w l$ A3 c% a% H8 T& dSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'2 d9 ]1 G" p2 ~% k% X6 |# A
Rebecca- age 8
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1 |4 M4 Q2 I6 y5 G% S'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
8 G3 M$ e6 i/ }0 j: K- I. XYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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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.'. w& O! `+ A: r' l/ d( f
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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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5 m! M* R4 k8 }. f) I'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.': G+ L8 i/ ]1 C6 [+ {
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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.'
$ D8 ~+ n0 Z/ l! w8 a7 wDanny - age 74 i) J7 u2 q! ~; X. \
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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.: M4 T& Z ?* ?% f/ Q7 {
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'; s# u9 k- y; G
Emily - age 8
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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9 C' c0 A/ ]5 k' `'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6
G3 _+ z0 ~# l$ @, m, X4 ~8 u(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.'
8 D$ p1 H$ e5 \( v5 ]/ z5 K" VNoelle - 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.
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody+ n1 m$ ]7 N T" |
1 s2 R7 C' k; H& }! @ H/ {( @You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.') o- P5 \1 E4 V! D
C lare - age 6
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& q8 T* I& F7 s* ^'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'/ M# A/ [/ b6 R! m' Q$ @ ^4 W6 [& P
Elaine-age 5
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5 f9 b; d& n, H( y. v4 e'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'0 f, W) }2 S a# H" e1 \- Y' L7 e
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: C2 {* y, Q& f5 ?' x' O! }'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.'
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
/ k2 O$ U( Y% IKaren - age 7
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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.'
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.' V- d/ Y6 E) M0 a
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: G9 e+ |* P$ `% c+ q4 u! D4 f LThe 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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" ]% x) N; U* m0 g. Z/ T: \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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'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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