Now that my Bruce has passed on, it’s all the more important that I preserve the hundreds of rolls of film and slides of our time together.

Oh, Bruce was a real shutterbug. The only thing he was more devoted to than that camera was his family. Holidays, business trips, at the park with the kids, or just a normal day around the house: my Bruce was always snapping away. It was like being married to a Japanese tourist. I wish I had a nickel for every nickel he spent at the Fotomat – and even then he never managed to get all of this film developed. But now I can scan it with theInnovative Technology Photo Negative and Slide Scanner.

With images of up to 5 megapixels, our old memories spring into vivid life thanks to the automatic color balance and exposure. The included Arcsoft Photoimpression 6 software makes it easy to enhance and edit these photos, even for somebody like me who’s not too good with the Photoshop. Wherever you are, Bruce, I’m remembering you tonight.

So many good times. So many wonderful memories, so close to my heart. Oooh, here’s a roll from Bruce’s trip to the 1975 Central States Heating & Cooling Installers Association Convention in Duluth. I’ve never even seen these pictures. Let’s just scan these in, and…hmmm, it must be mislabeled. This is Bruce playing with the kids – no, no, wait, that’s a little boy and we don’t have any sons. Must be a nephew or something. That was my Bruce, always so good with children. Oh, look, wedding photos! What a nice surpr- wait. Wait a minute. This isn’t me.

That’s Bruce, but that woman is not me.

Who the hell is she? Who is this woman, Bruce? What are you doing with your arm around her? Why are you opening Christmas presents with these people? Who’s the little boy tottering on the brand-new Huffy? I should’ve known nobody would be making “sales trips” on Christmas. He said it was the best time to sell to his Buddhist clients. What an idiot I must’ve been! My beloved husband, living a double life all those years! And me, too stupid to know it! But now I know it all! Every bitter detail in living color, now that it’s too late to matter! Oh, yes, I know everything now, thanks to the Innovative Technology Photo Negative and Slide Scanner! Damn you for destroying my illusions, Innovative Technology Photo Negative and Slide Scanner! Damn you for ruining 40 years of beautiful memories! Damn you!

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