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To the moon and the back.

 
 
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Reply Thu 24 Feb, 2011 09:05 am
And now, I save the best for the last. A toast to you, Neil and Cleo: To the moon and back.

This is the last sentence written in the acknowledgement of a novel. What does the author want to convey by 'to the moon and back'. I know it is the name of a song.
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Reply Thu 24 Feb, 2011 09:11 am
@Nancy88,
It's also the last line of a popular children's book, "Guess How Much I Love You?"

A baby and parent bunny say how much they love each other, with increasing increments (the baby bunny's "this much," indicated by outstretched arms, is trumped by the parent bunny's "this much," also with outstretched arms that are longer). The final increment, spoken by the parent to the baby as he/she is asleep in the parent's arms, is "to the moon and back."

http://www.amazon.com/Guess-How-Much-Love-You/dp/076360013X

It conveys that the author loves his (wife and kid? kids? other family members?) very, very much.
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