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What if the greatest story of your life was not about what you accomplished, but about the people who loved you into becoming who you are?

In The Greatest of These Is Love: A Memoir About the People Who Loved Me Into Becoming Who I Am, Ric Nelson shares a deeply personal and powerful journey through disability, family, friendship, advocacy, grief, forgiveness, faith, hope, and self-discovery.

Born with cerebral palsy and surrounded by low expectations, Ric was repeatedly told what he would never be able to do. But his life was shaped by people who refused to give up on him—parents who chose love over fear, a grandmother whose faith never wavered, teachers and mentors who recognized his potential, and friends who became family.

Through honest and heartfelt stories, Ric explores the many forms love can take: the love that protects us, challenges us, believes in us, forgives us, and helps us become who we were always meant to be.

This is not simply a memoir about disability. It is a tribute to the extraordinary power of ordinary people who choose to stay, believe, and love without limits.

The Greatest of These Is Love invites readers to remember the people who shaped their lives, tell them what they mean while there is still time, and become the person who believes in someone else.

Because in the end, our greatest legacy is not what we accomplish.

It is the love we leave behind.