This book always makes me cry. Always. I’ve been reading it for over 16 years and I don’t think I’ve ever made it through a reading with a dry eye.
…
The chorus…
“I’ll love you forever,
I’ll like you for always,
as long as your living
my baby you’ll be.”
tugs at my heart big time.
Two nights ago I read this book to my sixteen year old son and he joked with me, ” Mom I hope you don’t sneak into my room tonight as start singing that to me!!” Truth is I’ve sung that chorus to him a million times in my heart.
I sang it to him when he was newborn in my arms. He was so painfully beautiful I didn’t think my heart could stand it.
I sang it to him as I followed his school bus on his first day of kindergarten.
I sang it to him through the challenges and in the moments of immense joy.
And now I’ll be singing it to him from 1,500 miles away.
Yesterday I kissed my baby goodbye. He is starting a new journey now.
I’ve cried an ocean worth of tears.
My heart is aching.
…
Through this pain I am trusting that
God is in control.
God has this.
God knows.
God will carry me through this pain.
…
Today, instead of staying inside and crying all day, I wiped my red-puffy eyes and packed my trunk with art stuff and easels and projects we could take outside.
We spent hours at the park. We got really dirty. I took lots of pictures.
Taking pictures is always healing for me.
…
…
…
…
…
…
