LOVE according to kids...

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

What does Love mean? 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 
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"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   
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"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 
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"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     
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"Love is what makes you smile  when you're tired." Terri - age  4     
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"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     
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"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     
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"Love is what's in the room  with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."  Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) 

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"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)    
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"Love is when you tell a guy  you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle -

age 7 

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"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
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"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 

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"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6    
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"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5     
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"Love is when Mommy sees  Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert  Redford." Chris - age 7     
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"Love is when your puppy  licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4     
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"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     
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"When you love somebody, your  eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)  Karen - age 7     
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"Love is when Mommy sees  Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6    
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"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     
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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.

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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When there is nothing left  but God, that is when you find out that God is all you need.