(Cute FW I got a while ago...)
Slow down for three dakika to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes.. A group of professional people posed this swali to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does upendo mean?'
The majibu they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what wewe think:
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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.
wewe just know that your name is salama in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4
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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 wewe go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give wewe any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes wewe smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
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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 wewe kiss all the time. Then when wewe get tired of kissing, wewe still want to be together and wewe 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 wewe at krisimasi if wewe stop opening presents and listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If wewe want to learn to upendo better, wewe should start with a friend who wewe hate,'
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million zaidi Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when wewe tell a guy wewe 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 Marafiki even after they know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6
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'During my kinanda 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
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'My mommy loves me zaidi than anybody
wewe don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night..'
Clare - 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 wewe 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
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'When wewe upendo somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7
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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 upendo you' unless wewe mean it. But if wewe mean it, wewe should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- mwandishi 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 mwaka old child whose inayofuata 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 alisema to the neighbor, the little boy said,
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
Slow down for three dakika to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes.. A group of professional people posed this swali to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does upendo mean?'
The majibu they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what wewe think:
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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.
wewe just know that your name is salama in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4
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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 wewe go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give wewe any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes wewe smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
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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 wewe kiss all the time. Then when wewe get tired of kissing, wewe still want to be together and wewe 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 wewe at krisimasi if wewe stop opening presents and listen.'
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If wewe want to learn to upendo better, wewe should start with a friend who wewe hate,'
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million zaidi Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when wewe tell a guy wewe 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 Marafiki even after they know each other so well.'
Tommy - age 6
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'During my kinanda 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
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'My mommy loves me zaidi than anybody
wewe don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night..'
Clare - 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 wewe 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
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'When wewe upendo somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7
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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 upendo you' unless wewe mean it. But if wewe mean it, wewe should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- mwandishi 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 mwaka old child whose inayofuata 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 alisema to the neighbor, the little boy said,
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
