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Touching words from the mouths of babes." }: q$ f, U$ s- K
What does 'Love' mean?
1 Z! p! P. l6 G. L1 J3 AA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
1 N) w q% D2 t! o3 Y9 v( NThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: R5 j" e( j1 M+ S
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# j+ r$ f, O5 I3 u+ x5 t'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.3 A- H# n0 Q- U; B
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
. o' t0 i# [# j, h: q0 yRebecca- age 88 V* [4 K7 D+ v$ _( F5 X+ [; @
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
5 G3 g3 i# r$ R" Y$ E8 gYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'# P6 y) S7 k. }' Z% U
Billy - age 45 p! H6 ? L) f, e- R! q+ U
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- ^& @4 U6 {* [# o/ L0 c'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'/ i& }! R5 k" A- Z
Karl - age 5
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O k$ |! g F# f* W* z* o0 }: d8 E) ^& J' u'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'3 G) f$ i: C8 [1 v: K0 U
C hrissy - age 66 g* w& w+ y, `% h/ i$ G+ M
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* }9 X2 Q8 R1 c8 g3 E1 h'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
3 s5 R' W" t; o9 QTerri - age 4
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1 ?1 Q2 B% y7 T0 _0 D'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.'' V- s+ o/ O3 r/ h2 _0 G
Danny - age 7
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! E( {- J2 r# A7 j% H2 g'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.0 j: v! X6 J4 Q! ~3 D9 P+ Z
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'! _7 Q% g( m1 l6 \+ Q3 i+ e8 Y3 O
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.'
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& T. Y/ e# ~( A0 t'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,') W- A0 ~! h. W- P
; V) `" c& _/ ]. Q& }7 A9 LNikka - age 6
8 h" Q% }5 p; ?8 }(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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9 a% c7 Y* K I* g4 ^& Q'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'- i4 Y; Z5 j/ c8 E/ y2 F4 N' v7 G
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$ S: c# j5 s8 w; R6 a2 r- 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.'
0 J Y8 f$ \/ M2 A# JTommy - age 6
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. D q; K4 C1 f, s. Q/ Z+ q8 B'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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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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" o3 r D3 G- m% a$ P' t1 Y. QYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.': ?$ g. f' k# p* c. u
Elaine-age 5
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'2 N& h4 U1 ~+ D$ c- h+ ]0 N- _
C hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
4 e7 r- _) h9 m; qMary Ann - age 4
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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.'2 w" e& ]5 C' H4 z* |3 }
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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9 V7 J7 r) m6 z5 X$ o" g'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.'1 ?3 H2 K0 ^0 v' Y7 F
Jessica - age 8
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& ~4 C: D2 F9 p- y8 F7 RAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.- j# e5 F" x7 Z4 |
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.$ V' V, D% k5 T( ?! x
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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." R% f5 V' H j9 r. R6 R& X3 B
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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.* D( D. r! a! J: t
" l' K8 s' J7 YWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
% n9 l! |- U- W' b4 R'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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