So, I gathered 3 of my kids (ages 7, 10, & 12) around last night, and told them I wanted to get their opinion on a book. Licha, thank you so much for introducing this little gem to me. You have to read this creepy little book! He has recovered enough that he is able to perform live, but has put his writing career on hold until he is fully recovered. In August 2008, Munsch suffered a stroke that affected his ability to speak in normal sentences. Munsch has obsessive-compulsive disorder and has also suffered from manic depression. The Munsches have since become adoptive parents of Julie, Andrew and Tyya (see them all in Something Good!)

This book was listed fourth on the 2001 Publishers Weekly All-Time Best selling Children's Books list for paperbacks at 6,970,000 copies (not including the 1,049,000 hardcover copies). Out of the tragedy, he produced one of his best-known books, Love You Forever. Munsch's wife delivered two stillborn babies in 19. In Guelph he was encouraged to publish the many stories he made up for the children he worked with. He also taught in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Guelph as a lecturer and as an assistant professor. In 1975 he moved to Canada to work at the preschool at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. In 1973, he received a Master of Education in Child Studies from Tufts University. He studied to become a Jesuit priest, but decided he would rather work with children after jobs at orphanages and daycare centers. He graduated from Fordham University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and from Boston University in 1971 with a Master of Arts degree in anthropology. It is in this thing that we call love that we find the means to achieve greatness, both in ourselves and in our lives.Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is from this bond that we draw strength eternal and power everlasting. It is only when we expose our inner selves to the white hot flame of rejection, that love can burn so brightly as to join two souls, melding the two into one, creating a bond that joins forever.

We must be willing to give of ourselves freely, and we must be willing to suffer. To experience true love, we must be willing to open ourselves up and sacrifice part of our heart and part of our soul. Love can seem to be so fleeting and unachievable, yet it remains well within our reach if we only learn how to embrace its power. For it is in love that we find the greatest of strengths and the deepest of sorrows. Love and relationships are truly one of the most paradoxical aspects of being human.

Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies.

Love you forever by robert munsch