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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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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:
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4
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"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
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"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
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"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle - age 7
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"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
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"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
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"My mommy loves me more than anybody .
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6
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"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5
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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt."
Chris - age 7
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"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4
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"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
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"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)
Karen - age 7
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"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
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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"
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MsSage
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Love is knowing when you cant fix a hurt someone has and having the courage to walk away for thier benifit. Putting their needs above your own.
Pamela age 42
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Mrs.Greg
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Loved all of these BUT my favorite was the husband painting the toe nails....I work with seniors and I've seen that LOVE...its the best!
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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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Mrs.Greg
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| LOL I hear you Lilly,Gregs not allowed to paint in our house.The thing with love is if its true love it gets stronger with time...new love is nothing compared to old love!
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OldDog/NewTricks
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Location: The Dam End of Silicon Valley
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Love is knowing when you cant fix a hurt someone has and having the courage to walk away for thier benifit. Putting their needs above your own.
Pamela age 42 |
It Sounds Like There's A Story Here that is none of our business but I'd like to hear non-the-less.
I tend to see Courage where others don't seem to look for it!
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Jinglebob
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| True love is sacrifice.
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Faster horses
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| To love truely is to 'die to self.'
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Mrs.Greg
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| True love is Unconditional!!!
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EastTexasGal
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Location: DEEPEST OF EAST TEXAS
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LOVE..has always been a wonder to me. It amazes me to see the ones that do not know what real love is. They see it as a thing instead of being something you FEEL so deep that it causes pain when the one you love is hurting. I see ones that marry for the word instead of the MEANING!! I see people use the WORD in a term as if its just that a Word! Yes I wonder at times if I will ever find that TRUE LOVE again!! But, I do know what it means...and when I had it, I would die for that person and almost did. Some sling the word around and use the person they claim to LOVE!!
Those people have no Heart, and to me there is something wrong when you do not admit that the love isnt there and just use the person you are with for the ever lasting $$. Love should make you smile every morning when you wake and look at the person you are with!
I see LOVE with friends and family. With my friends I put their needs at times before my own, and will do whatever I can to help with their pain! I go out of my way to see a smile from all that I love!! I never try or would cause pain on purpose. Sometimes you have to give even that friend room to LOVE, and they will in turn come back and give what you give right back to YOU! The word LOVE is so important to have that it should be shared with everyone around you.
Can not tell I really ponder the word can you??;) I want that LOVE someday and I will wait till it is the right person. Never settle with someone that does not make you smile!
Easty
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Hanta Yo
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MsSage
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| It Sounds Like There's A Story Here that is none of our business but I'd like to hear non-the-less. |
Let me get through today and Saturday and give the saga some deep thought as to how it needs to be said.
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| True love is Unconditional!!! |
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| To work as a "TEAM" and it's not "just about me" |
So ladies your saying that you put the other person first and not tell them who or what they can talk about? You love them without threats of stopping if they dont stop doing something most people do in everyday life?
You support and defend that person before anyone else?
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