Munsch

[certainthings]

Robert Munsch:

Love You Forever started as a song

“I’ll love you forever,
I’ll like you for always,
as long as I’m living
my baby you’ll be.”

I made that up after my wife and I had two babies born dead. The song was my song to my dead babies. For a long time I had it in my head and I couldn’t even sing it because every time I tried to sing it I cried. It was very strange having a song in my head that I couldn’t sing.

Comments

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

:/ Well now I'm never singing that to my kids like my mom did to me.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

But it's still a good song to sing. Just sad now. :/

[lavendergaia]

Awww. I always loved that little verse. Now it's so sad. :(

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Mmmhmm

[bitterbird.livejournal.com]

oh so tragic :(

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Yeah. :/

[cherrymmm.livejournal.com]

I used to sing that little verse to my daughter. With my own little made up tune. It's sad that something so sweet came from something so tragic. :(

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

It is. :/

[eilan.livejournal.com]

I have a copy of that book, it's always been one of my favourites.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I don't have the book but I love the story a lot.

[naficeh.livejournal.com]

I have an old worn out copy of the book. I love it. Still cry every time I read it.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Aww.

[thelocation.livejournal.com]

I wish i'd known that song when my sister was born dead 4 years ago.
Thank you for this post.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

:hugs: You're welcome.