Saturday, January 6, 2007

From the mouth of Babes

    

Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
Touching words from the mouth of babes.

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

"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 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 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"

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was great...I really liked the one where they smell each other.  I got this very vivid mental image of that.  I'm still giggling.

Greg

Anonymous said...

Got a cute addition to that too :
Love is when your grandson sit's down for supper in a restaurant and bow's his head to pray and says " Dear Jesus thank you for this food and I also want to ask you a favor too...could you please ask the toothfairy to bring Poppy Burger a whole new mouthful of teeth so he could eat better. He sure could use them and with the bunch of money he gets under his pillow we can come here more"
Ryan...age 7
Ryans Family Steak House
<and my youngest Grandson>
xox Doreen

Anonymous said...

This was great!  Thanks for sharing it.
Pam

Anonymous said...

This was fantastic.  I am sending it to everyone I know.  Thanks for sharing it.

((hugs))
Jeanne

Anonymous said...

Too precious!!!
~Meg

Anonymous said...

Aren't kids wonderful! Jeannette xx  

Anonymous said...

Seen this and it still makes me smile!  De ;)

Anonymous said...

I've seen this before too, and it always brings a smile...hugs,
Joyce

Anonymous said...

I've seen this before and every time I read it it makes me smile.....and cry happy tears.  Thank you for posting it!

Anonymous said...

GOOD LUCK ON THE WT LOSS, YOU CAN DO IT, BELIEVE IN YOU! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
                  CHERYL FROM MASS~

Anonymous said...

Julie, that was the dearest, sweetest entry but the kicker was the last one....brought tears to my eyes.  How sweet!  Thanks for a wonderful lift.  Chris