When Gene was diagnosed with melanoma, he had only been given six weeks left to live. It was a shocking diagnosis but Gene decided to use the time he had left to make all the necessary arrangements for his wife Carol, with whom he had been married for 30 years. He cashed out his pension and used the money to pay off the house they were living in. The second step was to arrange a trip for his wife Carol and the rest of the family to Italy. When they visited a specific church in Venice, a priest was already waiting for the couple. It was in this church that Gene’s parents had married more than 50 years ago. At that day, Gene and Carol renewed their wedding vows and had the most beautiful day.
After Gene had died, his wife Carol discovered that he hid hundreds of Post-it notes around the entire house, shortly before he died. Throughout the course of many months, she found one note after another. The notes are beautiful and very personal statements meant to encourage Carol in this difficult time. But Gene also reminded his wife in these statements to fully enjoy every aspect of life, to sell his car and to move on with her life. It was the most heartwarming farewell gift one could ever imagine.
吉恩被告知他患恶性黑色素瘤，且只有一个半月的寿命。诊断结果令吉恩惊愕不已，不过他决定用所剩无几的时间为妻子卡罗尔做好能所力及的安排，他俩携手30年。他首先取出养老金，用这笔钱还清了房贷。接着他为妻子卡罗尔和家人安排一次意大利之旅。他们抵达威尼斯大教堂时，一名牧师已在那里迎候杰恩夫妇。50多年前，吉恩父母就是在这座教堂举行的婚礼。那天，吉恩和卡罗尔重温结婚誓言，伉俪二人度过人生最好的一天。
吉恩去世不久，他的妻子卡罗尔发现他在去世前将数百张便利贴藏在房子的各个角落。在接下来的数月里，她发现一张又一张的纸条。这些纸条很漂亮，上面写有非常亲昵的话语，都是鼓励卡罗尔度过困难时光。不过吉恩也在这些留言里提醒妻子要充分享受生活，哪怕卖掉汽车，也要好好活着。这才是世上最暖心的告别礼物。(听风)
