"What does Love Means" <from the mouth of a child>

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:

"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"