What Love Means to a 4-8 Year Old . . .
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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
'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.'
We all need
some kind of help in our lives. So, this is for family and friends…
Heavenly Father, please bless all my family and friends in whatever it is that You know they may be needing this day! And may
their life be full of Your peace, prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have
a closer relationship with You.
Amen.
