and no two families are the same.
Yet for all of us, time passes -
and as it does, our lives change.
Babies are born, children grow up,
parents get older, and sometimes
we even lose a person we cherish.
Throughout it all, love flows from
one generation to the next ... and on
and on. Families are a great source
of strength, support and hope."
In this family story, and their last one written together, Leo and Diane Dillon share the tale of a rocking chair that has connected family members through generations by its very being. Bought when the Dillons were awaiting the birth of their son, it became a place for a quiet, soothing song, for sharing books, as an imaginary horse for a little boy, and a receptacle for discarded toys.
As the boy grew older and left for school, it was tucked up in the attic and rarely ever considered. The parents aged; the father died. The son returned to be with his mother and wish his father a final goodbye. Soon, he brought someone new into their lives ... a life partner; one with whom he would have a child of his own.
Aha! The rocking chair ... found, dusted, placed in the nursery, and ready for a grandmother to sing a soothing song to a new baby girl. And, you know what that girl did ...
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