Manila, Feb. 13 -- When 25-year-old Florentino Biron IV made a solemn vow to love and cherish his 19-year-old bride, Ma. Christina, in sickness and in health, in 1992, little did he know that his resolve would be tested nearly two decades later.

With a vehicular accident turning what was supposed to be a happy family outing into a tragedy on April 3, 2010, the couple was faced with a difficult choice: whether to hold on to their marriage or to let go.

"I remember, just days before my Mama's accident, she and Papa had a big fight and even talked about separating. That's why, when she had the accident in Irosin, Sorsogon, Papa was not with us," Cristy Flor, the couple's eldest daughter, said in Filipino.

Sustaining severe injuries, which...