Kids On Love
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader anddeeper than anyone could have imagined...
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint hertoe nails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, evenwhen his hands got arthritis too. That's love." (Rebecca - age 8)When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. Youjust 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 cologneand they go out and smell each other." (Karl - age 5)"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your Frenchfries without making them give you any of theirs." (Chrissie - 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 sipbefore 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 arelike that. They look gross when they kiss" (Emily - age 8)"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop openingpresents and listen" (Bobby - age 7)"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friendwho you hate," (Nikka - age 6)"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, and then he wears iteveryday." (Noelle - age 7)"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are stillfriends 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 atall the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He wasthe 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 kissingme to sleep at night." (Clare - age 6)"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken. (Elaine-age5)"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he ishandsomer than Robert Redford." (Chris - age 7)"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him aloneall day." (Mary Ann - age 4)"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her oldclothes and has to go out and buy new ones." (Lauren - age 4)"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little starscome out of you." (Karen - age 7)"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if youmean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." (Jessica - age 8)And the final one to melt anybody's heart: Author and lecturer LeoBuscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. Thepurpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was anelderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the mancry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto hislap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said tothe neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint hertoe nails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, evenwhen his hands got arthritis too. That's love." (Rebecca - age 8)When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. Youjust 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 cologneand they go out and smell each other." (Karl - age 5)"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your Frenchfries without making them give you any of theirs." (Chrissie - 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 sipbefore 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 arelike that. They look gross when they kiss" (Emily - age 8)"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop openingpresents and listen" (Bobby - age 7)"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friendwho you hate," (Nikka - age 6)"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, and then he wears iteveryday." (Noelle - age 7)"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are stillfriends 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 atall the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He wasthe 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 kissingme to sleep at night." (Clare - age 6)"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken. (Elaine-age5)"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he ishandsomer than Robert Redford." (Chris - age 7)"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him aloneall day." (Mary Ann - age 4)"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her oldclothes and has to go out and buy new ones." (Lauren - age 4)"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little starscome out of you." (Karen - age 7)"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if youmean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." (Jessica - age 8)And the final one to melt anybody's heart: Author and lecturer LeoBuscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. Thepurpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was anelderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the mancry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto hislap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said tothe neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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