A child's view of love

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A child's view of Love

> >A group of professional people posted 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.
> >
> >
> >When my grandma got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her
> >toenails anymore. So my grandpa does it for her now 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 mouths.
> > 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.
> > Kari- 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
> >************
> >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 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
> >************
> >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 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
> >************
> >And the winner was a 4 year old child whose next door neighbor was an
> >elderly man who had just lost his wife. When the child saw the man cry,
>the
> >little boy went over into the man's yard and climbed on top of the man's
> >lap and just sat there. When the boy's mother asked him what he'd
> >said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him
> >cry."