Love is...

A group of professionals posed the question "What
does love mean?" to
a group of 4- to 8-year-olds and 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."

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."

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name
is different. You
know that your name is safe in their mouth."

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts
on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other."

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody
most of your french
fries without making them give you any of theirs."

"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."

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

"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."

"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."

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if
you stop opening
presents and listen."

"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."

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt,
then he wears it everyday."

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old
man who are still
friends even after they know each other so well."

"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."

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see
anyone else
kissing me to sleep at night."

"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of
chicken."

"Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and
still says he is
handsomer than Robert Redford."

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after
you left him
alone all day."

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives
me all her old
clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."

"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."

"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."

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and
down and little
stars come out of you."

"Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she
doesn't think
it's gross."

"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."
Baby get up, before I change my mind...
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