I LOVE this picture book! I almost get teary-eyed again just thinking back to it. I relate to the idea that, as much as parents would like to keep their children young, our minds tell us--albeit that our hearts need some time to catch up--that we somehow need to come to terms with the fact that more terrific memories can be made only if a daughter or son is given the chance to evolve naturally into the "pillar" of the community that he or she is meant to become. I was so happy to have discovered this book that, incidentally, I had gotten it as a gift for a close friend upon the birth of one of HER "little" ones. Thank you, Marianne Richmond❣