The story actually started out as a song.” Robert shared, “I had written it as a memorial for two stillborn babies we had in 19. They then learned they would never be able to conceive. Robert and his wife, Ann Beeler, had suffered a great loss when she gave birth to two stillborn children in a short window of time. He has revealed that the four-line poem was a lullaby he used to sing silently to himself on repeat after a tragedy. Author Robert Munsch, who had briefly studied to be a Jesuit priest, suffered from depression. WATCH: Dramatic Reading Of ‘Love You Forever’ On TV Show ‘Friends’īut the real story behind the book has its roots in the author’s grief. He brought the entire room to tears with his dramatic reading of the beloved book. The character Joey from the hit TV show “Friends” famously read the story to Ross and Rachel’s child, Emma, at her first birthday party. Love You Forever is a great gift for anyone with a child, or even for your own parents.”
The message is so simple yet so profound. It says so much about the circle of life, youth, parenting, and our responsibility for our parents as we grow older. “I have yet to read this book through without crying. Maria Shriver has shared that the book always brings her to tears. RELATED: ‘Please Use My Son's Story' Heartbroken Mom Amanda Poole Krueger Begs After Tragic DeathĪt the end of the book, it is the son’s turn to cradle his aging mother and sing the same heartbreakingly beautiful words to her as their roles reversed and he cares for her. In the book, a mother repeatedly shares these words with her son over the course of his life:
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