What Love Means

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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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" X( u' ~% S4 ]2 z9 vA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
6 P; }% ^- w# R9 t, yThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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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.'
4 A3 ~& K1 P: r7 F- JRebecca- age 8



  Z1 x4 b3 q9 g% V8 z  C'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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4 s$ G$ m4 W6 o& r2 Y& V0 @'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
4 K. ?8 e$ z; h: B, `( DKarl - age 5
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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.'
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
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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.'
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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.
. t3 r3 G% k# l" i+ k/ a; wMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)


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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'

9 `" I4 s, K$ {4 c) b0 m9 v5 yNikka - age 6
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
. A! f3 L6 ~2 `9 ^1 O) gNoelle - age 7
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, c' B% m1 e8 P+ t% w'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6

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5 }0 _* F6 T# q1 {1 |' J- ~; _'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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1 `; W5 _. Q" Y, SHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
C lare - age 6
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6 r" N  m& H- w2 C4 R'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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4 q; `- S# x7 p( E'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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9 Y8 c+ X6 b8 `/ Z+ U'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
2 n, E* J2 k( Y2 w8 [3 f2 dMary Ann - age 4
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0 W* m/ v" E7 {) E'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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4 d) N  l. |+ k% K'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
9 B( k9 Q  B, [. y+ B( G, {0 ]% YKaren - age 7
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1 ~- M: e8 r  C  F$ u- ?2 ^'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.'
' Y; x: j! ]/ W# a$ o' Q) z& EJessica - age 8
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7 _2 A( q! O  r$ }0 rAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.

7 P5 h1 l- ^8 R. Z6 |- V) u9 XThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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+ z" ]3 [! ?* 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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' S7 P6 u5 A6 o% _$ @1 V* EUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

8 _0 O' c& e- B$ j1 c2 S4 \When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

trixie

Lovely!

billzhao

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'  this is funy
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the last one is moving.

the one that says his mom and dad kiss all the time but gross is interesting

trixie

I know my elder brother loves me because he always eats up my leftover. :-)

xiaoice

em......... what does the last story mean? Why is it moving?