The question asked time and again.
By people who think they've felt it, and then wonder if they ever did.
The question the boy beside me asks before he futher proceeds to stiffle his tears and runs out halfway when he can't.
Some wonder with bitterness, some in wonder.
Some are certain they've finally found it. Bliss.
But maybe the best people to answer this age-old mystery are those unblemished by expectations. Those who are pure of heart and can see love for all that it truly is.
What is love?
"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint hertoenails anymore.So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca- age 8
"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friendseven after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6
"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 Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he ishandsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow.)
And a special one for Joey:
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars comeout of you." Karen - age 7
Well, just maybe not stars...cartoon hearts...cartoon hearts.. haha!
And the final one --
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about acontest 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 neighbor,
the little boy said,"Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy. ~ Henry Kissinger