A group of professionals posed a simple question to a class of children aged 4 to 8

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– 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 big 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 someone, your eyelashes go up and down, and little stars come out of you.”

– Karen, age 7

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and doesn’t think it’s gross.”

– Mark, age 6

“You shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot because people forget.”

– Jessica, age 8

And finally, a four-year-old boy who lived next door to an elderly man who had just lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man crying, the little boy went into his yard, climbed into his lap, and just sat there.

When his mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the boy replied, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”