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What Does Love
Mean?
Slow down
for three
minutes to read this. It
is so worth it. Touching words from the
mouth of babes.
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 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 any 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 (Wow!)
"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)
"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
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 (what an image)
"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."
Carly
- age 7
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, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
When
there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is
all you need.
Contributed
by
Mary Grace B.
Bueno
&
Eranga
Jayalathatachchi
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© 2006, Jace Carlton. All International Rights Reserved.
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