(Cute FW I got a while ago...)

Slow down for three Minuten to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes.. A group of professional people posed this Frage to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does Liebe mean?'
The Antwort they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what Du 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.
Du just know that your name is safe, sicher 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 Du go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give Du any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6


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'Love is what makes Du 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 Du KISS all the time. Then when Du get tired of kissing, Du still want to be together and Du 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 Du at Weihnachten if Du stop opening presents and listen.'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)


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'If Du want to learn to Liebe better, Du should start with a friend who Du hate,'

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million Mehr Nikka's on this planet)


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'Love is when Du tell a guy Du 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 Mehr than anybody
Du don't see anyone else Küssen 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 welpe licks your face even after Du 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 Du Liebe 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 Liebe you' unless Du mean it. But if Du mean it, Du should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8


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And the final one -- Autor 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 Jahr old child whose Weiter 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 sagte to the neighbor, the little boy said,

'Nothing, I just helped him cry'