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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
# A- o, B1 @; L' v$ xTouching words from the mouths of babes.
) A. n( W- r. e/ m# y: s/ c0 r; TWhat does 'Love' mean?
I2 p8 d6 b, p( [9 _1 w2 F1 YA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'9 U8 c" Z& X( K- d9 ^
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:" R4 G% x3 e' s+ T9 I. q" m& d
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6 x: H6 @. B t! K6 r'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.' j! }8 b9 D( m! c4 X
$ C0 C# y6 h! d# p% [- P) bSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
4 u2 N0 t; J6 a# W0 r. YRebecca- age 8
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& Y! a2 F' ^0 I' N'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.6 g5 v3 E3 l" a. O
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'* U0 a) h- w0 V
Billy - age 4
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: i9 S% ^% S6 D3 |* N3 r( p6 W0 t'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'2 V8 s! n5 j, N6 E, y+ l8 _+ d- W
Karl - 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.'
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
( w( N1 {; K: G9 w8 d6 N+ gTerri - 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.': ~: i$ q3 g# |! X1 U
Danny - age 7 ]1 O. y( k* x5 s
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/ m- S8 U. h, X/ w/ c'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.( C4 C. N. B2 ]' v0 F% A$ a5 h+ W
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
$ {0 r% [3 C8 h8 H1 F; GEmily - age 8
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'" f2 @. V; J) n; N) R
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!): {& q+ ^6 U! m
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'' E; N5 n- _( X+ f8 l+ C! P
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Nikka - age 6' z2 S4 `. i4 ?0 g( X; j
(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.'
, m1 x4 D" D4 w$ Z9 u+ i8 [Noelle - age 78 Y" A2 q8 ^* H1 q1 u
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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.'
2 ]5 d9 i+ y' D; T8 `$ Q+ Z& q# k# QTommy - age 61 Y" L8 h4 @$ w' G) V7 M
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! q: J0 m& q& W( T+ v'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./ Q4 J" |' m2 X! S9 F1 }( D
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'; l P( b1 M& e6 `+ ~, i
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody5 B& S* `: Y/ a. }' @) C- b
4 `7 r1 g, k) \* ^0 PYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'7 l* s2 b# i/ h6 F
C lare - age 6. \5 }2 X4 W$ ]3 F
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'0 v/ ^7 ~9 T! L
Mary Ann - age 4- j6 _; t: P; [
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2 N3 H- w/ [% Q4 m0 c% O) J'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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3 O* o% ~" d* e! n. ~'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)7 M/ I9 W' v: E
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.'
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, w5 [/ B4 W, B4 i5 @, qAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.5 [9 }7 z; B- e4 d* P' h+ `
* f7 h' g# J5 U) ~The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.* |6 ?. V2 h) n, T! v _$ k
1 B, \3 q6 E% G$ N: F3 V$ B+ o9 g: LThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.6 A5 Q [+ O' g. ~' V5 g4 h
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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.4 ] t9 k* T) \# w7 T+ Y8 T' [
: J |) ?. i8 j9 c6 J. M4 f- w: |When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
2 X \: f+ `! l+ p8 e! {- Q'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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