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

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

"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  7

"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." (what an imagination)
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.

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 what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him  cry"