|  Closing Caption From Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love By Mandi Smith We loved with a love that was more than love. ~Edgar Allan Poe We sat at the kitchen table, huddled around my ancient laptop, watching snapshots of Rickey's life as they transferred over from the digital camera and appeared on the screen. The process was painstakingly slow. I waited impatiently, my nephew David by my side, just as he had been since his uncle Rickey — my husband of sixteen years — had passed away forty-eight hours earlier. I glanced at the download status bar at the bottom of the screen: 2% remaining. "We're almost done, kiddo," I said, yawning loudly. Though we were both exhausted in every manner imaginable, neither of us would get any rest until we had finished compiling and editing the tribute video for Rickey's visitation the following day. (Keep reading) |
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