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Winner of the Member category: Fung Sing

Fung Sing is over seventy and he said that despite the ups and downs of life, his family has always stood by him. His wife cooks for him every day, using mostly fruit and vegetables for the sake of his health. His idea of what makes a delicacy is different from most; a nutritious meal at dinner table surrounded by his playful children and grandchildren warm Fung Sing's heart. He painted a watercolour to express his heartfelt thanks for his loving wife with the caption "once common home-cooked dishes are now treasured delicacies". Mutual appreciation and gratitude are perhaps the secrets to a long-lasting marriage.

Winner of the Open category (Senior): Cheng Chi-wai

Cheng Chi-wai believes love is the eternal light of the soul and the constant flowing warmth in the water that makes up 75% of the human body. Life cannot go on without water and likewise, life cannot go on without love.

• Love is what you feel when you see your mother's hair turning white; love is the sadness you feel seeing the calloused hands of your father.

• Love sometimes playfully reveals itself to the world. When you lounge on the sofa and fall asleep snoring, it gently whispers how comfortable home is.

• Love sometimes shows its hard-hearted side. No matter how heart wrenching, sometimes one needs to let go, to let you learn to be strong and independent from the pain of falling.

• Love does not even weigh a carat, but carries incomparable greatness and kindness. It has no shape, weight or colour, but is the most invaluable treasure guarding each and every home.

Winner of the Open category (Intermediate): Yip Hang-chi

Yip Hang-chi's parents were always very busy when she was little and it was her grandmother who took care of her. Her school once invited family members to a tea party and that made her grandmother frown because she was a quiet person who didn't like dealing with strangers let alone attending a tea party like this. Hang-chi said: "On the day of the tea party I sat by myself, watching the parents of my classmates walking in. When my heart was starting to sink, I saw my grandmother in a formal dress she rarely wore. She took my hands, smiled and introduced herself to the other parents, something she hardly ever did. Grandma changed for me; she never said she loved me, but her love has always been in my heart and never left. Love is giving, love is change, love is smiling for your loved ones."

Winner of the Open category (Junior): Wong Chi-tung

What is love? In Wong Chi-tung's warm family, love is five double-headed arrows:

• Love is mom's delicious food, and the carnations I gave her.

• Love is dad's sweat when he played football with me, and the thank you card I wrote for him.

• Love is the time my elder brother spent teaching me to do homework, and the joyous hours we play together.

• Love is the stories my grandmother told me, and the songs I sang for her.

• Love is the small wooden stool my grandfather made for me, and also the tea I brewed for him.

Love is being together every day!

Reading the entries brimming with love makes us joyous. Click here to enjoy all the winning entries of each group to feel love at different stages in life.