What does love mean?
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:
1) "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
2) "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
3) "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
4) "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
5) "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4
6) "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
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
8) "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you
stop opening presents and listen,"
Bobby - age 7
9) "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
friend who you hate."
Nikka - age 6
10) "There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love.
But God makes both kinds of them."
Jenny - age 8
11) "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt,
and then he wears it every day."
Noelle - age 7
12) "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
13) "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
14) "My mommy loves me more than anybody.
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6
15) "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5
16) "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and
still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7
17) "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after
you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4
18) "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
19) "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down
and little stars come out of you."
Karen - age 7
20) "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think
it's gross."
Mark - age 6
21) "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
22) 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. On 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 him what he had said to the neighbor, the little
boy said, "Nothing,
I just helped him cry."
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:
1) "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
2) "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
3) "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
4) "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
5) "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4
6) "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
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
8) "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you
stop opening presents and listen,"
Bobby - age 7
9) "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
friend who you hate."
Nikka - age 6
10) "There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love.
But God makes both kinds of them."
Jenny - age 8
11) "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt,
and then he wears it every day."
Noelle - age 7
12) "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
13) "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
14) "My mommy loves me more than anybody.
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6
15) "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5
16) "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and
still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7
17) "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after
you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4
18) "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
19) "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down
and little stars come out of you."
Karen - age 7
20) "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think
it's gross."
Mark - age 6
21) "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
22) 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. On 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 him what he had said to the neighbor, the little
boy said, "Nothing,
I just helped him cry."
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