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Someone forwarded this email to me and I thought is was so sweet- I wanted to share the love.
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>What Love means to a 4-8 year old. > >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." (what an image) > >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 > > > >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" > > > >That says it all. >
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