"Love Through the Eyes of our Children..."
Love through the Eyes of our Children
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 toe-nails 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 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
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
neighbour
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."
LOVE
