| What is Love? --
Author Unknown --
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.
"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the
bad stuff gets in the
way." Charlie, age 5
"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 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 when someone hurts you. And you get so mad
but you don't yell
at them because you know it would hurt their feelings."
Samantha, 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 5
"If you want to learn to love better, you should
start with a friend who you
hate." Nikka, age 6
"Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love
is saying no" Patty, age 8
"When you tell someone something bad about yourself
and you're scared
they won't love you anymore. But then you get
surprised because not only do
they still love you, they love you even more."
Matthew, age 7
"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love.
But God makes both
kinds of them." Jenny, age 4
"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
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 5
"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 8
"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
"I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says
she only picks on me
because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because
I love her."
Bethany, age 4
"Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them
that we'd like to say
ourselves, but we wouldn't be caught dead saying."
Mike, age 8
"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
"God could have said magic words to make the nails
fall off the cross, but
He didn't. That's love."
Max, age 5
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