This is a book my Mom would read to us when we were kids. She gave me a copy a few years ago. As a kid I could never understand why she cried all the way through it. I thought, "If it makes you cry, why are you reading it?" Now that I'm a mother, I can't even get through the 2nd page before my voice chokes up and tears stream down my face and my kids look at me like I'm crazy. I can totally relate to the book because I'm in some tough stages right now (ie..the front cover of the book stage) I posted a few pages, you'll get the idea of what's going on without every page.
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 teenager, he grew up. He grew up to be a man....he moved away.
I drove to his house one night and put up the ladder and held him in my arms and rocked that Man, and while I rocked him, I sang.....
(In my Mom's case she's not old, but her body is sick).
The man returned home. He stood at the top of the stairs for a very long time.
Weds., Nov. 7, 2012 Grandma/Karen with Evelyn and Kimmie
Grandma with Jacob
Austin saying bye to Grandma
Getting ready to leave for home
A couple of weeks ago my sister, Andrea, mentioned that Mom didn't wave bye at the door while we drove away like she usually did. We know her health is just getting worse. My Mom is not her cancer, her body has the disease. We know if she could, she would do the things she's always done up until now. It's just hard to see things changing especially as we come into the holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas sadness looms about us.
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