{"id":100,"date":"2017-07-28T12:55:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2021-03-25T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:41:13","slug":"friday-reads-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/friday-reads-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Reads #2: Love You Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s Friday again! Time for Friday Reads.<\/p>\n

\"Cover<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Love you Forever<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Robert Munsch is one of the first books I remember my mom reading to me as a child. She read it to me so many times, that at one point I had it memorized and would repeat it with her. I can still remember the poem:<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll love you forever,
\n<\/span>I\u2019ll like you for always,
\n<\/span>As long as I\u2019m living
\n<\/span>My baby you\u2019ll be.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think part of the reason that particular piece stuck with me is that my mother often shared a similar sentiment with me, just as her mother had shared it with her. \u201cYou could be 50 and you\u2019d still be my baby.\u201d As a child, that was just about the worst thing I could hear (I wasn\u2019t a baby). Now, I\u2019d give so much to hear her call me her baby again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"You<\/p>\n

As I grew up, my mom stopped reading to me, as you\u2019d expect, and I basically forgot all about <\/span>Love You Forever<\/span><\/i>. I don\u2019t even remember, at this point, what brought it back to my attention. I <\/span>do<\/span><\/i> remember looking it up online and being hit by a wave of nostalgia simply by looking at the cover.<\/span><\/p>\n

I bought a Kindle edition just so I could read it again. It\u2019s a good thing I didn\u2019t go to a bookstore, because I got hit in the feels HARD. I went through several tissues.<\/span><\/p>\n

It starts out so sweet, you can\u2019t help but smile. But then it comes around full circle, and it hits home in a way you wouldn\u2019t expect for a children\u2019s book. I\u2019m surprised my mom was able to read it to me so easily. If I had a child and was reading it to him or her, I\u2019d be bawling. Poor thing would probably be traumatized.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d highly recommend reading this to your kid(s), though. It\u2019s an amazing book that stands the test of time. Just make sure to read it by yourself, first, to make sure you can make it through without turning on the waterworks. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"IllustrationI\u2019m not ashamed to say I still enjoy it. The poem still pops to mind occasionally. I even still hear it in my mom\u2019s voice. After all, as long as I\u2019m living my Mommy she\u2019ll be.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever heard of <\/span>Love You Forever? <\/span><\/i>Did one, or both, of your parents read it to you as a kid? Or have you read it to your kid(s)? Leave a comment below and let me know, and share this with your friends to clue them in to Love You Forever<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out last week’s Friday Reads, Little Women<\/a>, and come back next week for another awesome book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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