A HUGE shoutout to all of us moms
for bringing into this world the most beautiful and amazing angels...
our kids!
❤
I wrote this on November 10, 2010, in my other blog but would like to share it with you.
"Please hug your mothers and tell them how much you love them.
If your mother lives away, give her a call, she'll like that.
If your mom is gone to HEAVEN, go outside, look up to the sky, close your eyes,
imagine your mom smiling at you, blow her a kiss, smile back at her,
and not with your mouth but with your heart tell her... MOM, I LOVE YOU!"
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, is the most beautiful book you can read to your child.
My kids and I know this storybook by heart. I read it to them since they were in my womb and
throughout the years. Now that they have reached their teenage years, we continue to read it to each
other. We still have the very first copy I bought years ago. It has such sentimental value that we can't
dare to replace it with a new copy even though the pages are already falling apart. The illustrations for
the book are absolutely lovely. Please, I ask that you read it too. Remember that even if you are not a
parent, you still are someone's loving child, so this book is very much for you too ;)
I found the story online for you but I strongly recommend you go out and get the book.
⊱❤⊰
LOVE YOU FOREVER
~by Robert Munsch~
A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him, she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was two years old, and he ran all
around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves. He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator
and he took his mother's watch and flushed it down the toilet. Sometimes his mother would say, "this
kid is driving me CRAZY!" But at night time, when that two-year-old was quiet, she opened the door to
his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed; and if he was really asleep she
picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The little boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was nine years old. And he
never wanted to come in for dinner, he never wanted to take a bath, and when grandma visited he
always said bad words. Sometimes his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo!
But at night time, when he was asleep, the mother quietly opened the door to his room, crawled across
the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep, she picked up that nine-year-old
boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a teenager. He had strange
friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music. Sometimes the mother felt like she
was in a zoo! But at night time, when that teenager was asleep, the mother opened the door to his room,
crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep she picked up
that great big boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
That teenager grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a grown-up man. He left
home and got a house across town. But sometimes on dark nights the mother got into her car and drove
across town. If all the lights in her son's house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled
across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed. If that great big man was really asleep she
picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
Well, that mother, she got older. She got older and older and older. One day she called up her son and
said, "You'd better come see me because I'm very old and sick." So her son came to see her. When he
came in the door she tried to sing the song. She sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always...
But she couldn't finish because she was too old and sick. The son went to his mother. He picked her up
and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And he sang this song:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my Mommy you'll be.
When the son came home that night, he stood for a long time at the top of the stairs. Then he went into
the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and very slowly
rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while he rocked her he sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
(This was sent to me but originally taken from book by Robert Munsch.
I recommend his books. See: https://robertmunsch.com/
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