00:00I saw the videos of my dad.
00:12I couldn't even process what I would see because I've never seen those videos.
00:16My parents have been divorced for 12 plus years, so it's been me and my dad since 2017.
00:23My dad and I were really close, joked around a lot.
00:27That's probably where I got my sense of humor from.
00:29He was the main person taking us to my ballet lessons or swimming lessons or picking me up from school.
00:35He loved to tell stories about his time in the Philippines before he migrated here to America.
00:43Loved to talk about his past and how he never thought that he would become a father or even get
00:48married or have children.
00:49But having children was the biggest accomplishment he ever completed.
00:53He was suffering from heart failure and then in 2023 he was diagnosed with cancer.
00:59It was a lot of going to doctor's appointments for the radiation or chemo and then doctor's appointments to follow
01:08up with his cardiologist.
01:10If I couldn't take him to his appointment, Tom would step in and bring him to his appointments as well.
01:15Also, he really stepped up as his soon-to-be son-in-law.
01:19It was affecting the whole family and I noticed that she never wanted to inconvenience me.
01:26So I just, I kind of just stepped in on my own.
01:29I decided to move in here so I can help out as best as I can.
01:32So I always offer a helping hand every single day.
01:35When Tom would be at work and it was just me and my dad, he would just always compliment Tom
01:40and how helpful he is and how much of a good guy he is.
01:43And he would always be like, oh Chelsea, he's the one, you guys are very good for each other and
01:47know that he's going to take care of you.
01:50My dad loved him like his own, even before I married.
01:53I just wanted to have the respect from her father to give me his blessing and I wanted to document
01:59it just mainly for her sake.
02:01I wanted to ask you because it's, you know, it's your daughter.
02:05Yeah, yeah.
02:06It's only, it's only like to ask for permission from the main name.
02:09Yeah, of course.
02:10Is that okay?
02:12Very much okay.
02:13Very much okay.
02:15Yeah.
02:16I kind of wanted to make a little like nice little TikTok or video for her.
02:19What's this doing?
02:21And at the end, I was going to show us, you know, celebrating at the wedding with her dad and
02:27everything.
02:31Oh, my God.
02:34Very nice.
02:36He started declining pretty quick and I kept trying to motivate him and being like, hey, you know, the wedding's
02:40coming up.
02:41We're going to make it.
02:42That was my main goal, to get him to the wedding because I knew that was going to help Chelsea,
02:48you know, be at ease because her main goal was to dance with her and, yeah, dance with her father
02:55and, you know, walk down the aisle with her dad.
02:58But the heart failure really took a toll on him.
03:00I wish that he could have made it from March to July.
03:04It's not long.
03:05So it just pains me that he was able to make the last couple of months before the wedding.
03:09I didn't think I was going to ask RJ to put it in our wedding video.
03:14But then on the day I was telling him about the story, then it came to me and I was
03:18like, can you put it in our wedding video?
03:22Oh, my God.
03:24I had no idea how to start my vows.
03:27So I asked my brother, Kevin, and he gave me the best advice.
03:30He said vows aren't about listing all the reasons why you love someone because she already knows that.
03:35Vows are the promises you make to her.
03:37So Chelsea, I promise to bring you flowers for no particular reason other than it's a Wednesday.
03:41I promise to always cook you two slices of bacon and one egg for breakfast just the way you like
03:47it.
03:56Through everything I've endured, one thing stood out the most.
03:59I've been blessed with the man standing in front of me today.
04:02You are my world and my whole heart.
04:04And I am the luckiest woman to be alive to call you my husband.
04:10What day is it?
04:11It's wedding day!
04:20If I were to describe Tom, he's smart, resourceful, extra good looking.
04:25You know, more muscular version of me.
04:27He's consistent and driven by his goals.
04:29No one can really say that he can't do something because he'll just get it done just to prove he
04:33can.
04:34So I wanted to ask you because it's, you know, he's your daughter.
04:38And it's only, it's only right to ask the permission from the main man.
04:42Of course.
04:43Is that okay?
04:45Very much open.
04:46Very much open.
04:48You have come here today to seal and strengthen your love in the presence of your family and friends.
04:54God abundantly blesses your love.
04:56He has already consecrated you.
04:58And now he enriches and strengthens you so that you may assume the duties of marriage in mutual and lasting
05:04fidelity.
05:10As you start this new chapter, I know Papa is smiling and feels peaceful knowing that his youngest baby
05:17is in the most safest and loving hands possible.
05:20I love you just.
05:22Please just feel.
05:24Oh my God.
05:26It's nice.
05:27Very nice.
05:28That's for me.
05:29Awesome.
05:31Like Papa's words,
05:33Huag Papabaya Ansi Chelsea, which means in Tagalog, do not neglect her, do not abandon her, do not take her
05:40for granted.
05:41I gave him my word that I would never do that.
05:43And I intend to keep that promise to the man who loved her first for the rest of my life.
05:48It was happening quickly to the point where after the first scene of my dad, I blanked out for like
05:55two seconds.
05:55And I was just like, wow, I did not expect that.
05:58And then when the second scene came, I was like, oh wow, this is really like catching me off guard.
06:03In a very good way, of course.
06:04I just wanted her to remember our day as being one of the best days ever, you know, despite her
06:11dad not being there.
06:12I tell her like almost every day, like, I feel like none of this would have been possible without his
06:16spirit running through me.
06:18We honored him greatly that day.
06:22I think everybody felt it too.
06:26Hearing his voice again, that just, it filled my heart.
06:30It really touched my heart.
06:31He would have loved that too.
06:32If he could see that, he definitely would have, he would have been so, so loomed and so honored.
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