Amanda Kloots says she 'melted' watching son kiss video footage of late dad Nick Cordero

In the days following her husband Nick Cordero's death, Amanda Kloots is sharing an equally sweet and heartbreaking story about their son Elvis.

The fitness trainer took to her Instagram Story Thursday to share the "the cutest story" of her 1-year-old with the late Broadway star, who died July 5 after being hospitalized with coronavirus complications.

"I was showing Elvis videos of Nick, and this one video was Nick talking, like leaving a voicemail message for a friend, but he had it saved on his phone,” she said. “And Elvis saw it and smiled and – I'm not even kidding you – leans into the phone to give his dad a kiss, and then kept going.”

She continued, “I kept playing the video again and he kept trying to press the button, and he just kept going in and out, kissing the phone and kissing his dad. My heart, of course, just melted. But… in a way, it just made me feel so good because it made me feel like he recognizes Nick. He knows who he is and he recognizes his dad, even though it's been over three months.”

Although he didn't catch the moment on camera, she did share a clip of Elvis watching a video of his dad.

"Elvis watching Nick," she wrote with four heart emojis.

Kloots also shared a video of her writing in a journal. The entry was addressed, "Dear Elvis."

In a following shot, part of her letter is shown: "I miss him so much. I miss his voice, hugs, kisses, smiles, silliness. I wish quarantine would have been the three of us together every day. We must look for the silver linings in life son. Life is never perfect, things happen we will never understand. Look for lessons, keep moving, find the beauty."

She signed the letter, "Love, Mommy."

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In another video, a teary-eyed Kloots talked about her journey with grief.

"It's tough, for sure, even for a person like me who's type-A and wants to keep pressing on and go, go, go, go, go," she said. "That helps me... but at the same time, it's so hard. And when it does hit you, it's so hard."

Cordero was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in late March for what was initially thought to be pneumonia. A first coronavirus test came up negative, though a subsequent test was positive for COVID-19.

Over the course of 13 weeks, Cordero faced a multitude of serious complications, including a leg amputation, infections in his lungs and the insertion of a temporary pacemaker.

Contributing: Brian Truitt

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