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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 .
You just know that your name is safe 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 you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs . '
Chrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you 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 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
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen . '
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'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)
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'Love is when you tell a guy you 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 more than anybody
You don't see anyone else kissing 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 puppy licks your face even after you 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 you love 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 love you' unless you mean it . But if you mean it, you should say it a lot . People forget . '
Jessica - age 8
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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'
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