What is Love?

[ReefRaff]

This is pretty sweet. It is from a email I received.


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 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 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.
(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?

Love is also Emails from people who don't have time
to write but let you know they care about you.

[Corty]

""When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and
down and little stars come out of you"
Karen - age 7 "

I'm not sure if this sounds more inconvenient or more painful.

""Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she
doesn't think it's gross."
Mark - age 6 "

I do not yet have this kind of love for my fiancee. CLOSE THE @#&(* DOOR!

[lmw80]

AW! precious!

Thanks for sharing!

[quarryshark]

Reality check, isn't it.
Thanks for sharing this.

[lyquidphyre]

""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"

Thats not love, thats obnoxious!! My dad used to do that to me all the time "Let me take a bite to see if its safe"

UGH

hehe, all of those are adorable

[Menagerie]

I couldn't read through all of them, I was getting a tooth ache.

[deeni0z]

I love the toilet one. And this one:
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it
everyday."
So.. poor hygiene habits = love? :P

[ploughking]

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop
opening presents and listen,"
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)


Christmas is getting more and more commercialized everyday.


"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of
chicken."
Elaine-age 5

Food = love? Thats (quoting one of my old schoolfriends!) confuzzling (pronounced best "con-fuzz-ell-ing")!

[ReefRaff]

Christmas is getting more and more commercialized everyday.

only up until xmas morning, Then it's all about the LOVE.

[webmoose]

Love is like a box of chocolates.... oh wait thats life...