“It took nine days and nine nights for me to work up the courage to open your box. The years of heat and humidity in the attic sealed the lacquer tight and it was like trying to open a coffin buried for twenty years.
With a little determination I was able to free the left corner. Just like that, the seal broke and the lid was free.
“There were five items inside. The first was a picture of us at the cabin on the cliffs. Mikey snapped us on the side porch by that magnificent oak. It was a candid shot and you always said that’s why it was your favorite. How we were fully present in the moment, with each other. Love, you said, was everywhere in that little 4 x 6 print.
“The second item was a baggie filled with small white shells, each with a date written on the inside in fine black ink. I n
