What Love Means

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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
" V2 h; ~9 A  x! g; RThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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& V' Z$ |9 Y. S8 A- V: a'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.

3 Q4 w( A2 C: Q' N. s4 J; e) sSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca- age 8


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. U: v) F4 |) r4 G'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
: ?+ w- }. @% S1 r6 t7 wYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
; y1 g3 k+ ^* O2 \+ `' T4 U- H% ?Billy - age 4
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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.'
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.'
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4

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5 V: B& g6 R& Q1 G: c# x, ]: h'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.'
, v3 R9 F% p* `3 I! Q0 w5 ]Danny - age 7
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  n3 L# p5 x' ~; ?'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.
' J# f, r# L2 X6 ?2 OMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

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3 _) n; K# U; b$ t. T2 t'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'

! @7 Q4 N# |( S/ {' K' g( T; ENikka - age 6
(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.'
Noelle - age 7
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) v* V# i) X+ A8 J. A'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

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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.

0 _& C& y: y! O! E1 ?He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
Cindy - age 8

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$ B1 y4 A' p  e0 h2 ^'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5



* X, a* G. x8 i'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'
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+ [3 E: x! ^; A3 T3 @. E# |8 ?4 S'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
: l# O- ~! o' v$ X% a. R, t  F2 jLauren - 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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'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
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0 G( _# k% S  h' bAnd 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.

0 c5 @& Y+ j5 o8 |: c+ }! w2 GThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
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( d+ O& ]0 s2 w$ [, NUpon 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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* N4 F- J( b2 d) ~8 S, Q* t+ D, kWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
8 b# q, O1 z( b5 y1 C8 q; J'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

trixie

Lovely!

billzhao

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'  this is funy

, [$ b7 o1 [: Athe last one is moving.

the one that says his mom and dad kiss all the time but gross is interesting

trixie

I know my elder brother loves me because he always eats up my leftover. :-)

xiaoice

em......... what does the last story mean? Why is it moving?