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Gerry: Every morning I still wake up and the first thing I want to do is to see your face.

Holly and Gerry were young couple very much in love but who always argue about everything. They argue about having or not having  a baby, about their jobs, about their career plans. Holly thinks Gerry says something when he actually means something else. Whereas, Gerry thinks Holly doesn’t really know what she wants. At the end of each argument, however, they end up expressing their love for each other.

Then Gerry died of brain tumor and Holly left not knowing what to do with her life. Three months after Gerry’s death, Holly was still unproductive. She just stayed in the apartment. She doesn’t go to work nor does she answer the telephone. Then on her 30th birthday, her mother and her sister, together with her best friends Sharon and Denise came over and caught her in her messy apartment. Shortly after they arrived, a cake was delivered with a note that says it was from Gerry, set it up just before he died, and that there are more to come. All of them ended up with ‘PS I love you.’

His first note told her to go out and have fun on her birthday. And she did, only she got heavily drunk and threw up on Daniel’s, a new acquaintance’s shirt.

Gerry’s second note came on the mail instructing to buy a new bedside lamp and a knock-out outfit for a disco diva because he said she was going to need it for his next letter.

The next note was delivered by a man in a leprechaun costume carrying a balloon. The instruction was for her to sing in karaoke. Holly didn’t want to do it especially when she recalls the last time Gerry dared her to do that. She started dancing sexy on the stage, but managed to have her foot tangled with the microphone wires and she fell off the stage. She landed in the hospital with a broken nose. However, if only to please Gerry, Holly did what he wanted and sang a song for him.

The next note was stapled with Gerry’s leather jacket in the laundry. He was giving his jacket to her because he thought she looks good in it. He also instructed her to dispose all his belongings. She did it and asked Daniel for help.

When summer came, Holly got another letter from Gerry. It was actually an arranged tour to Ireland, Gerry’s hometown, for Holly, Sharon and Denise. When they arrived at the Irish cottage, there were letters addressed to Sharon and to Denise telling them to take care of Holly and let her have a good time. They, then, went out to a bar and met a charming hot singer, William. Holly got attracted to him right away. But when William sang her a song, Holly withdrew when she heard that it was the same song that Gerry sang to her before.

The trio went fishing, but everything got out of control and they got stranded in the middle of the lake. It was then that Sharon told them she was pregnant and Denise said she was getting married. The news made Holly felt bad about herself. Then, to their rescue came the charming William. They asked him to stay at the cottage. That night, Holly could no longer hide her attraction to William and they slept together. After making love, Holly found out that William or Bill was Gerry’s childhood friend and band mate.

Holly, then paid her parents-in-law a visit. Another letter from Gerry was waiting for her there. It was a reminder of the first time Gerry saw her and helped her find her way in Ireland. It was when Gerry pointed to her the direction that she must take, and that is to create.

When Holly got back to America, she stayed at the house and thought hard about what she really wanted with her life. She didn’t communicate with any one and she didn’t answer phone calls, even when Denise called up to say she was no longer invited to her wedding. Instead, Holly started to do the thing she really liked. She began designing shoes and found out that she was good at it. She even attended lessons to enhance her craft. Then, she paid Denise a visit. She apologized for the wrong things she did and volunteered to design her wedding shoes.

Holly went out with Daniel and told him about her rediscovered self and wanted to share her happiness with him. However, she made the mistake of calling him ‘Gerry’ so Daniel walked out. Holly felt so bad, She went to her mother for comfort and found out that it was actually her mother whom Gerry asked to send the letters for him when he’s dead.

She handed Holly Gerry’s last letter which urged her to move on with her life and not to feel afraid to fall in love again. Then she thought of Daniel and went out with him. She let him read Gerry’s last letter. And to find out whether they were in love with each other or not, they kissed. It was then that they realized it won’t work out between them and agreed to be friends.

Holly took her mom to Ireland. There he met William again, and as Holly introduced her mother to him, William in turn introduced his father. In the end, Holly wrote a letter to Gerry telling him how good she is now and that if she is not in love with someone at the moment, she may be in the future.

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