![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, she grows old and frail, and the roles reverse as he cares for her the way she once did for him.īut the backstory behind its creation makes it even more powerful. The story within the book is poignant enough: A mother watches her son grow from infancy until he becomes a father himself. His wife delivered two stillborn babies within short succession, and the overwhelming sorrow felt unbearable to Munsch.Īs a way to cope with his feelings, he created this private poem that he would say aloud to himself, saying that it was his “way of crying.” Munsch, a children’s book author, came up with the book’s most famous lines (“I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be”) as a way to grieve the loss of two of his children. Love it or hate it, it’s a book that most of us either grew up with or read to our children.īut do you know the heartbreaking and beautiful true story behind the book? Most of us have read the iconic children’s book “ Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch. ![]()
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