What Is 
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-old, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.
"Love if 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
"Then 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 them." -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 8
"Love is when you kiss all the tiem. 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 somethign bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get suprised 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 kinda 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 al 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 you puppy licks your face 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 my 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 5
"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
