>>> LESLIE ODOM JR. AND
NICOLLETTE ROBINSON ARE AN
ENTERTAINMENT POWERHOUSE COUPLE
AND THEY KNOW HOW TO SLAM THE
RED CARPET, TOO.
HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS TONY AND
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE
IN "HAMILTON".
>> AND SHE HAS MADE HISTORY AS
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO TAKE ON
THE LEADING ROLE IN THE BROADWAY
SHOW "WAITRESS."
>> NOW THIS COUPLE WHO ARE
PARENTS OF TWO SMALL KIDS HAVE
WRITTEN A CHILDREN'S BOOK CALLED
"I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL
EVER KNOW."
>> I MEAN, THE TITLE ALONE MAKES
ME WANT TO CRY.
>> OH, I LOVE THIS!
>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!
>> WE WANT TO GET TO THIS,
BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL
PARENTS, BUT TO START OFF,
YOU'VE GOT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL
COUPLE.
AND THE LOVE STORY BETWEEN YOU
GUYS IS PRETTY AMAZING.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN
TOGETHER?
>> 14 YEARS.
>> MARRIED 10.
>> AND YOU'VE CELEBRATED WITH
RENEWING YOUR VOWS?
>> WE DID.
IN DECEMBER, WE HAD A VOW
RENEWAL WITH SOME OF OUR CLOSEST
FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
AND MARKED THE TIME, CELEBRATED
SURVIVING, YOU KNOW?
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS
ABOUT EACH OTHER WHEN Y'ALL
FIRST MET THAT INTERESTED YOU,
THAT MADE YOU FEEL LIKE THERE
WAS SOMETHING THERE?
>> I WAS NOT, I WAS NOT AT ALL
HYPNOTIZED BY HER PHYSICAL
BEAUTY.
I REALLY, I WAS ABLE TO LOOK
PAST THAT AND TO HER -- YOU
KNOW, NICOLLETTE GLOES FROM THE
INSIDE.
YOU KNOW, IF SHE WAS NOT
BEAUTIFUL INSIDE, SHE WOULDN'T
BE AS BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE.
SO IT WAS -- YEAH.
AND HER KINDNESS, REALLY, YOU
KNOW, HER KINDNESS.
LIKE, YOU OFTEN CHOOSE, YOU
KNOW, SOMEBODY WITH QUALITIES
THAT YOU WISH YOU HAD.
AND THAT KINDNESS, I KNEW I
NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT
IN MY LIFE.
>> IT WAS, IT WAS -- FOR ME, IT
WAS JUST A SOUL CONNECTION.
I JUST KNEW THAT I LOVED THIS
HUMAN BEING.
I JUST WANTED TO BE AROUND HIM
ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN IT GREW FROM THERE.
IT HELPS THAT HE'S HANDSOME.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, DO Y'ALL
SING TOGETHER?
I JUST PICTURE, SINCE YOU'RE
BOTH BROADWAY PEOPLE, DO YOU
EVER GET TOGETHER AND HANG OUT
IN THE HOUSE --
>> WE DO, WE JAM A LITTLE BIT.
THE BOOK IS ACTUALLY -- MUSIC
AND READING IS HUGE IN OUR HOUSE
AND SO THE BOOK IS ACTUALLY A
SONG, TOO, WE RECORDED -- WE
WROTE THE TEXT OF THE BOOK AS
LYRICS TO A SONG AND, YOU KNOW,
THE -- YOU CAN FIND IT ON
YOUTUBE AND LISTEN TO THE SONG
AS YOU READ THE BOOK OR VICERER
IS A.
>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A LULLABY AND THIS IS A
LOVE STORY TO YOUR TWO CHILDREN.
IT'S KIND OF BASED ON YOUR
NIGHTTIME ROUTINE WITH THEM.
WE ALL HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN.
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN THE
EVENINGS?
>> BEDTIME IS SUCH A HUGE RITUAL
IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.
ANYTIME WE'RE BOTH HOME, WE TRY
TO BOTH BE PRESENT FOR BEDTIME
AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE READ BOOKS TOGETHER.
WE SING, AND WE SAY PRAYER AND
WE JUST TRY TO END THE NIGHT
LEAVING THE KIDS FEELING REALLY
WARM AND COMFORTED AND LOVED.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE
INSPIRATION TO THE TEXT FOR US.
WE WANTED TO BRING THAT INTO THE
CHILDREN'S BOOK WORLD.
>> SOMETIMES YOU WRITE A
BEAUTIFUL BOOK LIKE YOU DID, AND
READ IT TO YOUR KIDS.
I'VE READ A CHILDREN'S BOOK, AND
MY KIDS ARE LIKE, CAN WE HAVE
THE OTHER ONE?
AND I'M LIKE, BUT, BUT!
WHAT IS
WHAT DID YOUR CHILDREN THINK
WHEN THEY FIRST SAW THE BOOK AND
YOU WERE READING IT TO THEM?
>> YOU KNOW, OUR ILLUSTRATOR,
SHE INCORPORATED THESE PERSONAL
TOUCHES.
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT US.
YOU KNOW, WE WANTED IT TO BE
INCLUSIVE.
WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE SOLELY A
LOVE LETTER TO ABLE AND LUCY,
BUT THE PICTURES OF OUR FAMILY
DID INFLUENCE THE DRAWINGS.
SO, YEAH, THEY LOVED THE LITTLE
PERSONAL TOUCHES OF LUCY'S
FAVORITE TEDDY BEARS AND ABEL'S
FAVORITE PACI.
>> YOU ALL SAID THAT THERE'S A
LITTLE BIT OF A SONG TO THIS.
WILL YOU ALL SING A LITTLE BIT
TO US.
PUT US TO SLEEP.
>> LET'S DO IT.
HE'S GOT THE PERFECT PITCH.
♪ I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL
EVER KNOW ♪
♪ YOU TAKE MY HAND AND OFF WE
GO ♪
♪ DAY BY DAY AS I WATCH YOU
GROW ♪
♪ I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL
EVER KNOW ♪
♪ OH, I LOVE YOU SO ♪
>> OKAY, WE'RE CRYING.
SO BEAUTIFUL!
>> OH, MY GOD, OH, MY GOD!
>> YOU'RE SO LUCKY.
>> THAT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
>> WE NEED THAT FOR OUR KIDS.
>> YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT SOPGNG,
RIGHT?
>> ON YOUTUBE.
IT'S CALLED "I LOVE YOU MORE
THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW."
>> AND GET THIS BOOK.