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Touching words from the mouths of babes." q J$ n* P; t
What does 'Love' mean?
9 L9 [" ?, v7 h/ V5 A8 K6 J# TA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'6 r& y6 ^' B. ?7 _( c! Z; y
The 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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- e# D2 K& G2 eSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'* P( V9 o+ R6 M+ c
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.% }; J' c- d {' ?
You 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.'
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- d& X% X9 y* N'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.' f# k5 \# Q8 \% H; O
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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! y, V- H' v ^'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.'
" i% m9 u1 w2 P* ]Danny - age 7
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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.# \7 N Q# s3 X
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.'$ S$ r) v5 {: F0 ^% D: P
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)& t; M# K+ @+ b. d/ M$ x
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'4 }6 P1 T1 ?- s. d. g
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Nikka - age 69 @3 A0 g2 G- F6 o6 @4 M6 I' S
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)4 r$ t0 W3 K+ d9 k6 C. T
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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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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% }+ v8 P6 Z t N; R( J6 O'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.# R& n. Q3 M$ T5 T/ L$ _3 A; q
: @. [! A2 \, L8 [* @: M* LHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'* |# x: I' I+ q3 l# C( z4 ]9 S* N
Cindy - age 8
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! T! s" [% y8 v8 c( i$ e& X& I, O0 L'My mommy loves me more than anybody# T7 F/ q1 |! g3 `- ~
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'9 ^4 Z. x& r: X; C5 g B) R
C lare - age 6
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2 y. [1 |0 V x$ L2 _0 L'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'2 M% Y' `- o6 {) _+ E/ H! _
Elaine-age 5
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. J2 y/ s, P, @# x" Z9 r& z* Q' V'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'5 e; \9 r2 i0 U6 s7 F8 G' `4 q+ k
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
2 F( ?. |) x# e- }/ IMary Ann - age 4
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+ M* j* ~; D( H8 m! I/ v/ X'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'- ~) ^: K8 K6 X. U) l6 c
Lauren - age 4
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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7 E9 ]$ ^- o1 O, F! \" |( e'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.7 Y' Z4 x+ o2 @3 I$ M
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! p) e7 } p# CThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife./ G/ M$ \% B* |% {
; W! L3 ]0 s; T( y4 e) {Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.+ S. D) d h4 {2 O2 h* ]
. F- Z/ H( a+ X8 Q0 MWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,7 F) Y4 k5 _ P; k. W% j( O
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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