WARNING!: If you have a heart – this WILL make you cry!
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 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
“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”
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 last 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. (Now
this will melt your heart.)
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 him what he had said to the
neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just
helped him cry.”
How do you know love when you see it?
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