What does Love mean ?

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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?" 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 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 just 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 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

"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 - 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, you eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you."
Karen - age 7

And the final one. Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. (Now this will melt your heart.) 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."

(c) S.k

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3 comments

  1. Children are AMAZING and such BLESSINGS! We can learn so much from their honesty and their innocence. Our kiddos teach us something priceless everyday.

    We love Bobby’s quote, too, about Christmas. So much wisdom from a 7yr. old.

    Thank you for such a wonderful and heartwarming post.

    Many Blessings….

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  2. I loved this post!!!! It’s so happy and so sweet. My favorite line was from Billy, age 4 about how you know people love you by how they say your name.

    I melted at his words..”you just know your name is safe in their mouth.” That just goes to prove the saying…”out of the mouths of babes…” Thanks for sharing these words of love with us:~)

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  3. Love is pain, because when you love some one SO much and you have to break up, you feel lonely, scared, terrified, sad and you burst in to tears. If you really love some one from your heart, maybe some day you will find that person you were waiting for - and when you fall in love you feel like world is more beautiful than heaven, and when its gone you feel like hell is better than world !

    Remember - love opens the gate of sadness and tears (like it did to me)

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