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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.: f9 r, a" [2 y3 U
Touching words from the mouths of babes.7 F+ y2 c$ e' G8 p7 D6 w
What does 'Love' mean?
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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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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.7 }$ A' ]& B7 j
2 K# x) I% n. b( b5 l$ I* n( FSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
7 Z1 F( z% e8 \6 n3 {Rebecca- age 8( Z2 D* e+ _2 H0 o; ~3 w; V, ~
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( [: A5 o3 q* z! F' @$ y'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
5 O3 _) X6 h) x" w8 W9 QYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.', y8 w2 b% [% F+ A) `7 V2 I
Billy - age 4" [2 u# h+ v3 i8 D9 J4 ]
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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 X( [# C K" E+ K$ M+ @Karl - age 5
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# ~# Y, }+ Q( |'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.'
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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.
& {; S% K# ^$ x, ~$ NMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
8 u" B4 T5 \& r M, T" J: DEmily - age 8
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
) t/ h* a5 u% A; D" s; M& M2 IBobby - age 7 (Wow!)1 |6 P' y8 }& F7 d
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: n, U. h4 ^( ~+ u/ x" Y' Q$ n'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6
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1 f8 e9 v3 y9 O( T& X( M: T'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
! B+ Y1 a+ S5 L4 ENoelle - 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.'$ _6 Q) L& {" x2 l
Tommy - age 6+ |% W2 M9 R- V e7 M# z, t
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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.1 h( _) C- [0 a# Q, p$ @ q1 ]
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'# W7 ~9 Z' ~7 j C$ ?4 ]$ F
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody9 n9 P) T3 ^; s
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C lare - age 6
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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.'+ N+ Q! p$ W. A# n' Q2 b2 |
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+ C1 I$ B5 d3 D6 x6 }) p8 l'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'; ?. R. k" X Z4 L- h8 o# q
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# {3 b9 {' V! T" v9 T( 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.'$ [5 j6 ^' ?2 Z3 W( p
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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( `, f! p$ ^" e+ I, n& }1 r'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.'
. D! n2 {) h) t) mJessica - age 8+ u4 j7 \- a' b( j9 O% Q
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4 q- f+ K, \$ W% rAnd 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.
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The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife., j0 t, \6 e/ |' a& g' C
" ?; w0 q# ^- ?; b1 kUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.9 w& y2 I* t% _
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
2 A M- f o2 o& c'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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