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:

"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way."

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that
your name is safe in their mouth."

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they
go out and smell each other."

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries
without making them give you any of theirs."

"Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at them
because you know it would hurt their feelings."

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and
listen."

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you don't get
along with."

"Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no."

"When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they
won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still
love you, they love you even more."

"There are two kinds of love - our love and God's love. But God makes both kinds of
them."

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after
they know each other so well."

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and 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."

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to
sleep at night."

"Love is when mommy gives daddy a great big plate of spaghetti."

"Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is
handsome."

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

"Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'd like to say ourselves."

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come
out of you."

"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."

"God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn't.
That's love."