Read that. Called my Mom to tell her how amazing she is...she read that book to me when I was little, then gave it to me on my 18th b-day with an amazing note written by her and my Grandma in it. I live across the country and because of work issues I haven't been able to visit in 2 years or so and now I'm sitting…

Couldn't bring myself to watch the video, but this story about the source of the book that killed me so many times when going through the book pile rotation with my kids obviously makes it even more heartbreaking.

At the end of the book, the son sings the song to his mom, changing the last line to "as long as I'm living, your baby I'll be". My mom gave me a copy of "Love You Forever" when I was little. When she died, I held her body in my arms and sang it to her. Thinking of that story still gives me a big lump in my throat.…

The part of the book that always got to me was the grown son picking up his elderly mother, holding her and rocking her and singing that song, '..as long as i'm living, my mommy you'll be' :(

Ugh, that book makes me ugly cry EVERY TIME. Recently at the store my daughter saw it on a shelf and said "mom! I remember you used to read this to me when I was little!" and I broke down crying just looking at the cover.

SAME.

I only heard the story behind the book/song very recently, after a friend had a stillborn baby. That book already made me emotional before but now I can't even read it.

I've attempted a read to my 14 month old a handful of times and everytime I get towards the end we have to switch to something less tear-inducing, as I am ugly crying in the nursery.

Every time I read that book I am decimated. I had bought it for my sister and she would bawl every time she read it too. Once I had my own baby I got it for myself and read more about what that song was really about and it made it even more sad if that was possible. I cry with boogers and everything. I know…

I took my children to a Robert Munsch reading at our library a number of years ago. I prayed he wouldn't read that, but of course he did. All the kids were just listening, rapt and happy, and all the parents were sitting there with tears streaming down their faces.

OMG I LITERALLY JUST BURST INTO TEARS READING THAT

Or this, which I read from time to time when I feel sad about my father's passing: http://www.penmachine.com/2011/05/the-la…

I read that book to my children so many times when they were small, and I never — not once — got through it without crying. The intensity of his feelings came through and transformed the book from a children's story into something much deeper, I think.

Shit shit shit. So as a kid I was cynical as fuck. Picture Daria but a decade younger. My mom used to read me that book all the time and without fail I'd be hiding tears. Even talking about it as a more grown up person gets me. Idk what I'm supposed to do with this revelation except ugly cry under the covers.

I didn't know the story behind I'll Love You Forever. I loved that book.

And...that made me cry. I can't even get through that book in normal circumstances, this story makes it more heartbreaking.

I think it's ridiculous that doctors make it so difficult for younger women to have tubal ligation done. I would have done it 10 years ago. Right now I have the copper IUD, but I'm finally old enough that I think the doctor might listen - if (s)he can get over the fact that I want to do it without having had any kids…

I'm seriously considering it.

I was sitting here thinking, I am so fucking glad my dude had a vasectomy. I mean, a tubal would be even better, but hey, we're still pretty set. Barring ... disasters.

Ugh, it's horrible that my first thought, when Michigan passed the rape insurance law, was " Thank goodness my tubes are tied and I don't have any daughters!" I hate everything right now :(