What Love Means To a 4-8 Year Old

Slow


  down for three minutes to read this. Itis 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 ofyou.'(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 meanit. 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'