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What Does Love Mean?
Author Unknown
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to
8 year olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader
and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
- "When my grandmother got arthritis,
she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather
does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too.
That's love."
Rebecca - age 8
- When someone loves you, the way
they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in
their mouth." Billy - age 4
- Love is when a girl puts on perfume
and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.
Karl - age 5
- "Love is when you go out to eat
and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give
you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6
- "Love is what makes you smile when
you're tired." Terri - age 4
- 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." Danny - age 7
- "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. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when
they kiss" Emily - age 8
- "Love is what's in the room with
you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen," Bobby
- age 7 (Wow!)
- If you want to learn to love better,
you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka, age 6
- "There are two kinds of love. Our
love. God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." Jenny - age
8
- "Love is when you tell a guy you
like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7
- "Love is like a little old woman
and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each
other so well." Tommy - age 6
- "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. He was the only one doing that.
I wasn't scared anymore,"
Cindy - age 8
- "My mommy loves me more than anybody.
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6
- "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy
the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5
- "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly
and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7
- "Love is when your puppy licks your
face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4
- "I know my older sister loves me
because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new
ones." Lauren - age 4
- "When you love somebody, your eyelashes
go up and down and little stars come out of you."
Karen - age 7
- "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on
the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6
- 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," Jessica - age 8
- And the final one -- Author and
lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner
was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman
who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little
boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just
sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor,
the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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