Love is: (from the childrens persepctive)

1. "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over andpaint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all thetime, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."- Rebecca - age 8

2. "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.You know that your name is safe in their mouth."- Billy - age 4

3. "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shavingcologne and they go out and smell each other."- Karl - age 5

4. "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of yourFrench fries without making them give you any of theirs."- Chrissy - age 6

5. "Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don'tyell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings."- Samantha - age 6

6. "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."- Terri - age 4

7. "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes asip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."- Danny - age 7

8. "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired ofkissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy andDaddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss."- Emily - age 8

9. "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stopopening presents and listen."- Bobby - age 5

10. "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with afriend who you hate."- Nikka - age 6

11. "Love is hugging, Love is kissing, Love is saying no"- Patty - age 8

12. "When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you'rescared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised becausenot only do they still love you, they love you even more."- Matthew - age 7

13. "There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God makesboth kinds of them."- Jenny - age 4

14. "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears iteveryday."- Noelle - age 7

15. "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who arestill friends even after they know each other so well."- Tommy - age 6

16. "During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked atall the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He wasthe only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." - Cindy - age 8

17. "My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone elsekissing me to sleep at night." - Clare - Age 5

18. "Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken." - Elaine - age 5

19. "Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says heis handsomer than Robert Redford." - Chris - age 8

20. "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left himalone all day." - Mary Ann - age 4

21. "I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her oldclothes and has to go out and buy new ones." - Lauren

22. "I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only pickson me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I loveher." - Bethany - age 4

23. "Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'dlike to say ourselves, but we wouldn't be caught dead saying." - Mike - age 8

24. "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and littlestars come out of you." - Karen - age 7

25. "Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't thinkit's gross." - Mark - age 6

26. "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But ifyou mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."- Jessica - age 8

27. "Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff getsin the way." - Charlie - age 5