Tuesday, February 16, 2010

This Is amazing

What Love means to a 4-8 year old . .

Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth
> it. Touching words
> from the mouth of babes.
> 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
>
> _____
>
> this one
> '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
>
> 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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