(Cute FW I got a while ago...)
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is 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 l’amour mean?'
The réponses they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what toi think:
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'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.
toi just know that your name is sûr, sans danger 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 toi go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give toi any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes toi 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 toi Kiss all the time. Then when toi get tired of kissing, toi still want to be together and toi 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 toi at Christmas if toi stop opening presents and listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If toi want to learn to l’amour better, toi should start with a friend who toi hate,'
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million plus Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when toi tell a guy toi 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 plus than anybody
toi don't see anyone else s’embrasser 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 chiot licks your face even after toi 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 toi l’amour 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 l’amour you' unless toi mean it. But if toi mean it, toi should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- auteur 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 an old child whose suivant 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 a dit to the neighbor, the little boy said,
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is 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 l’amour mean?'
The réponses they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what toi think:
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'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.
toi just know that your name is sûr, sans danger 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 toi go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give toi any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes toi 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 toi Kiss all the time. Then when toi get tired of kissing, toi still want to be together and toi 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 toi at Christmas if toi stop opening presents and listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If toi want to learn to l’amour better, toi should start with a friend who toi hate,'
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million plus Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when toi tell a guy toi 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 plus than anybody
toi don't see anyone else s’embrasser 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 chiot licks your face even after toi 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 toi l’amour 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 l’amour you' unless toi mean it. But if toi mean it, toi should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- auteur 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 an old child whose suivant 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 a dit to the neighbor, the little boy said,
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'