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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
% b+ p7 Q4 ~6 ~: Q8 P6 o/ E4 cTouching words from the mouths of babes.
; t2 I. [$ X/ W7 T1 C' B' ]What does 'Love' mean?
4 W2 u W- z1 I% [: OA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'! R4 b. }( K0 c6 @# n5 r% Y
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:9 T* Y/ c4 m4 W5 G5 t" G) T
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.( n" U9 r* v: g- M$ k) t7 N: N
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'/ x4 S7 Y. T# `
Rebecca- age 84 x: D+ e/ k$ v1 C# ]% H: a) v
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different." m) M# M+ V; `, ?4 k( b7 V
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
" \7 [2 v/ D$ c, @% g ABilly - age 46 y/ z# x2 T: O. U* w
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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.'
5 [: I, n: Y' U( d; O* PKarl - age 5
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1 o( o& b* `' g' T+ ]: L& s+ a'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'' j5 I$ p9 V1 V d* [
C hrissy - age 6, w5 I: g! |3 j0 ^
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2 t: P9 p, I7 F% S; I5 g+ [! G3 o1 B'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'; R4 \8 h' g4 n% x O! g
Terri - age 42 ~4 L, b, S z$ s
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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.'
( u2 [( s5 u. O" B! o% V- M4 IDanny - age 77 `6 ^8 P7 w& V1 M, r; t/ ?& D9 ?, \& ]
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& A# v; ~9 _3 W9 e9 H) w'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.
: ]: l" ]8 B4 U3 ?My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'4 B* U* T/ F9 m8 d0 j
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.'. X; c- {' G' l4 K/ {+ G
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)0 f" F; @/ A0 [% G- s6 D: \
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/ M1 Y+ A/ ~5 [. O/ v, o'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'1 G" k+ J- P8 ]; R. e( a
" A, T5 u# z: q2 d) E" LNikka - age 6' [/ p$ n- n8 I2 A( q8 O" D6 V$ ^( F
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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1 I1 {& N. i* b x'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
" j& V6 A( Y6 M( gNoelle - 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.'* }4 {4 n3 b2 @4 x9 L. d% x
Tommy - age 6
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" I; Y' w) h$ x0 e: T6 K) A' g8 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.& I) G$ E: V3 M) _, U ]1 ~& r
- t+ j, R! Z( z5 F1 WHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
O. E, p& W0 P3 K" Z8 q7 mCindy - age 8
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7 R7 N( i8 f+ v- H0 E5 ^'My mommy loves me more than anybody2 f7 h" \- b/ k/ X
* J, G3 R; k6 j2 S! d3 Y( ]You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
* z( E( s- A% c. e/ D6 b$ y" }+ sC lare - age 61 o0 T) j0 M) S, l+ B5 k" O
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
4 t [8 L V8 i: v! dElaine-age 5
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
9 ^+ G- K+ h$ Q+ a# VC hris - age 7
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0 I$ |& i' ?7 O! K'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'! i$ k# ]1 D: O
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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)) L) Y& I2 T$ E! R
Karen - 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.'3 Y, E) a V- c3 k1 L: R4 h
Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.2 P6 ] f6 j# B4 A& \6 q# T
3 J4 a3 R. C5 {' ^2 CThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.0 m7 Z/ a, n$ t+ Z8 o/ e
5 l* }) c! h7 j7 {+ [The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.. C. T& K& i% I( k$ h
* q$ H' u. M' sUpon 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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* L' h5 l6 B' EWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,' l" N4 [! }) c% P( S `4 o6 ]
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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