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LOVE IS....

1/14/2011

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I'm pretty sure most of you are familiar with the comic strip drawings created by the New Zealand artist Kim Grove in the '70s which became a worldwide success and featured in many newspapers and magazines.... and still do! I remember collecting them during my teenage years (and beyond...!), and sticking them in an album!  I always thought they were so innocently beautiful and simple...

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Today I received an email from a friend who shared some absolute real-life gems about what "Love Is" from the mouth of babes...

We don't know where these words originated, but some of the responses obtained from these "babes" are so deep, I felt I simply had to share them with you.

Let them open the door to your heart ...
Something to think about now that Valentine's Day is looming just around the corner!

I copy/paste the text of the email and I say: Thank You so much, my dear friend Cath for sharing this with me...

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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
Touching words from the mouths 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.'
Chrissie - age 6
 
'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
 
'Love is when my mummy 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 Mummy 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 mummy loves me more than anybody.You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
Clare - age 6
 
'Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5
 
'Love is when Mummy 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
 
'Love is when Mummy 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 neighbour, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

When there is nothing left,  that is when you find out that  love is all you need.


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I hope these wonderful words have put a smile on your face... with that, I bid you goodnight or good day, wherever you are...

Smiles,

Emm

(PS: I took the above picture on a late summer's day along the promenade in a village nearby our home... just how lucky I was to catch the "posers" ...)
3 Comments
Sean Orford link
1/28/2011 05:07:41 pm

Hi Emma

love your work and enjoyed your love blog. So good had to share it with my friends on facebook (have to spread the word) Love is all there is... x x x

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David & Sharon
1/28/2011 06:18:31 pm

Thanx for putting these moments of inspiration on your website. All you need is Love xxx

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Pami
1/29/2011 01:17:06 am

Emm,
Thank you for sharing this wonderful message of Love.
Many Blessing & Much Love to you my beloved friend.
Smiles =)

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