to love?

What does Love mean?

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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
(this is the one i absolutely adore.)

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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
(this one touched my heart.)
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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
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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 billion 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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"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
( innocence of a little child simply shines, doesn't it?)
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"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you."
Karen - age 7
( i would like to see that.)
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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
(i think this is the one that strikes me the most. cause i constantly think of how true this is.)
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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


What is love?
Are your palms sweaty, is your heart racing and is your voice caught within your chest?
It isn't love, it's LIKE.
You can't keep your eyes or hands off of her/him?
It isn't love, it's LUST.
Are you proud, and eager to show her/him off?
It isn't love, it's LUCK.
Do you want her because you know she's/he's there?
It isn't love, it's LONELINESS.
Are you with her/him because it's what everyone wants?
It isn't love, it's LOYALTY.
Are you with her because she/he kissed you, or held your hand?
It isn't love, it's LOW CONFIDENCE.
Do you stay for her/him confessions of love, because you don't want to hurt her/him?
It isn't love, it's PITY.
Do you belong to her/him because the sight of her/him makes your heart skip a beat?
It isn't love, it's INFATUATION.
Do you pardon her faults because you care about her/him?
It isn't love, it's FRIENDSHIP.
Do you tell her/him every day she is the only one you think of?
It isn't love, it's a LIE.
Are you willing to give up all of your favorite things for her sake?
It isn't love, it's CHARITY.
Does your heart ache and break when he/she's sad?
Then it's LOVE.
Do you cry for her/his pain, even when she's/he's strong?
Then it's LOVE.
Do her/his eyes see your true heart, and touch your soul so deeply it hurts?
Then it's LOVE.
Do you stay because a blinding, incomprehensible mix of pain and relation pulls you close and holds you to her/him?
Then it's LOVE.
Do you accept her/his faults because it's a part of who she/he is?
Then it's LOVE.
Are you attracted to others, but stay with her/him faithfully without regret?
Then it's LOVE.
Would you give her/him your heart, your life, your death?
Then it's LOVE.
Now, if love is painful, and tortures us so, why do we love?
Why is it all we search for in life?
This pain, this agony? Why is it all we long for?
This torture, this powerful death of self?
Why?
The answer is so simple cause it's...LOVE.
It is such an addictive thing that even people who are not having it wish to experience it and share it with others as well.

sorry for all of this emo shit.
i don't know why i'm posting this in the first place.
it just strikes me.
maybe nessa is ust looking for love.
i don't know.
or maybe nessa has had enough of love.