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 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 every day.\"
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

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.\"

And my Marion answered the question this way:


\"It\'s when you hug another person and then you start loving them with your heart.\"



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