Posted on 06/24/2015 7:36:40 PM PDT by donna
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...
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"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
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"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
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"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4
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"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
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"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
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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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"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."
Nikka - 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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"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.
He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy - age 8
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"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine - age 5
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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7
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"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4
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"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." (Now THIS is love!)
Lauren - 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!)
Karen - age 7
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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."
Mark - age 6
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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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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 what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
"NothingFeature Articles, I just helped him cry."
Truly, these are beautiful.
My favorite was this:
“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.”
My wife used to do this for me...
Very, very nice Donna! Thanks!
We all really needed something nice today.
Out of the mouths of babes.
While walking through the parking lot heading towards the hardware store this evening, I watched a couple I’m guessing were in their eighties heading that direction as well. I could immediately tell the woman was in pain, all hunched over as well as walking on a bum foot. But she was a trooper a headed towards the door with gusto. The whole walk her husband was by her side holding her hand to help her. It made my day to observe their love for one another.
I would catch my Mom, in the middle of the night, eating cold fried chicken necks, ick! I asked her how she could eat them.
She said that she spent so many years giving the good pieces to us kids and that left the chicken necks. She grew to like them best, lol.
That's the truth.
I love Nikka’s. That is profound. I’m thinking of using it as my tagline.
It would make an excellent tagline.
Thanks for sharing!
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