What Love means to a  4-8 year old . . 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 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

‘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  (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 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.’ (what an  image)

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…

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‘

What does love means to you?