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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
' E3 ]3 u0 n9 j2 B5 [! f+ _; DTouching words from the mouths of babes.
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The 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.'
6 w' ?0 }' `% I7 |2 ^Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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Billy - age 4
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/ }& J; _& q% _'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'+ ?& t. a* ?2 e" l) T
Karl - age 5, G$ @: \1 g8 g5 E1 ]1 J
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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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'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.'& F1 _8 i5 G. p ?
Danny - age 7. P4 b" b) j9 a O: o( G
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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. d: R% d9 U! S
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss', r/ }, h. a) `% Y' i7 [- N
Emily - age 82 _" C$ o+ N) X3 N4 y% Z: y/ m: [9 E9 U
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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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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'1 o$ \8 C0 R' ]/ D$ F) |; C
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Nikka - age 6
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
6 c$ u5 r. S% b$ L& |& }Noelle - 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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6 k" P' S5 E2 g I) AHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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1 X+ |' L. B, \" Z! v" v. Z. l6 ?'My mommy loves me more than anybody7 j# r, ]* P( E1 S" ~& w
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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0 v: {7 E* p& o0 M7 @'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'' d; l+ f% I( s- w
C hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'/ T8 u3 }4 t' A1 f, j0 O7 B: I
Mary Ann - age 4
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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.'" M+ U* x& d% \" n( P; p2 o
Lauren - age 4& D; @4 o2 F4 d4 c. W1 z* P' b
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
/ w& ^$ O7 d" c8 kKaren - age 77 ~. u% V9 Y O# {( q
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* h$ f: o. C( G3 z- P' o+ ~4 K'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.'
J3 K: E2 d$ Y- j7 C1 f4 ~" pJessica - age 8
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, W9 w7 y; ^4 m% S3 y5 |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., c8 R1 S. U n" p+ ?4 w$ X! M7 C
8 d. r: I1 E! g, f+ s1 J% K6 h/ RThe 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.' i; t$ _: }1 m, c0 _
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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