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With many in the arena in tears, she moved on to Bryant, her "soulmate," and regaled the crowd with stories of his romantic side. He always went big on Valentine's Day and anniversaries, she said, once giving her the blue dress actor Rachel McAdams wore in "The Notebook."
"I couldn't see him as a celebrity, nor just an incredible basketball player," she said. "He was my sweet husband and the beautiful father of our children. He was mine. He was my everything. ... Kobe loved me more than I could express or put into words."