I am his mother. Death and dying often crept into Yong's conversations with her sister, Yong Im Chung, and her friend, Brenda Lawson. Though they worried about Yong, they had also grown tired of her fixation with the dead. At times Brenda wanted to shake Yong. We've all lost people we love, Yong.
Life is for the living.
Yong Im, too, tried to lift the depression that shadowed her sister. She still prepared Korean meals for Yong, hoping to make her stronger. One spring evening, Yong took only small swallows of food and pushed her plate aside. I don't know why she's not getting stronger. Despite the uncertainty about her future, there have been signs that Yong is slowly letting go of her sorrow.