Matt Salyer tells a story about pirates and pirates a story.

Sometimes how someone died is the most painful part of mourning. Rachel Zients Schinderman was just a little girl when she lost her father, but his death lingered for her at each stage of her life, like a bad relationship she just couldn’t shake.

Rachel Zients Schinderman was terribly excited for her wedding day, but also very aware of the fact that her father would not be there. Would her adopted father step up and fill the void that had been left since her father died when she was a girl?