- I believe we have a choice in this world
about how to tell sad stories.
LINDA: Allen, he was my boyfriend.
We were just laying in bed,
watching TV, and then we saw this trailer.
I knew it would just remind me of his situation.
- All right, what's your story?
- I was diagnosed when I was 13...
- No, not your cancer story, your real story.
LINDA: I was like, "Oh, my God."
It just reminded me so much of our journey together.
(music playing)
LINDA: And like I said, I just flashback with everything,
from the beginning, when we found out, to now.
Every single day is a flashback.
And this was his phone,
his tablet, his wallet, his car key.
Videos in here, too.
This way, there you go.
That's when he was healthy.
(laughing): No, it's recording you.
- (singing)
LINDA: He loved singing, he loved music.
(laughs)
I can just picture it like it was yesterday;
he was just here.
We were living a normal life,
and the next thing you know, boom.
Allen has a brain tumor.
He did chemotherapy for a whole year,
and he was doing so well.
But then he started feeling really, really sick.
That's when Allen's doctor, Dr. Nayak, sat with us,
held Allen's hand, and said, "Allen, you're very sick,
"and you don't have much time left.
You probably have a few weeks."
He knew and I knew,
but I guess we both had to hear it from Dr. Nayak.
You have to realize when the fight is done.
Even though you want to still fight,
at the same time, you have to learn,
"You know what, this is done.
"This is it.
There is nothing else."
And yes, I was hoping for a miracle, but...
you have to be rational.
So after Dr. Nayak left,
I just crawled into his hospital bed with him
and just cuddled with him and hugged him.
I was still in shock, and I was panicking inside.
I was thinking to myself, "Oh, my God,
this can't be happening, this can't be happening."
He turned around in the hospital bed
and said, "I want to get married."
He took my hand, he said,
"Linda Sim, would you be my wife?"
- Linda, will you have Allen to be your husband?
Will you love him, respect him, comfort and keep him?
Will you share with him, in sickness and in health...
LINDA: When you're given a time frame,
you have to make the best of it.
- ...in wealth or poverty, in health or sickness.
LINDA: That's what he said: "Let nature take its course,
"and we're gonna make the best of what we have left.
And be happy with it."
It was just a happy day.