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
     "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 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"

Eyal Policar

Gypso-Baby's Breath-million star