

You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.’ I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. ‘During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. ‘Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.’ ‘Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.’ Nikka – age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet) ‘If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,’ ‘Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.’ Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. ‘Love is when my mummy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.’ ‘Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.’ ‘Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.’ Shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.’ ‘Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.’ ‘When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. ‘When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
