April 19, 2005

• i’ve been readingiris chang’s “the chinese in america” lately…  a coworker lentme the book when i told him that i met her once when she wasinterviewing a group of my friends and myself for her book…  weare actually memorialized in the “acknowledgements” page of the book..page 479 to be exact…  when iris decided in november to take herlife, it really hit me hard…  she made an impression on me fromjust speaking to her for a few hours about my experiences as a chineseamerican..  not only that, i personally knew her brother… we met in taiwan in 1994 at chien tan..  i didn’t know she wasgoing through so much after researching all the time for her books.. iguess she really took things she found out to heart…  i justhope that wherever she is that she is somehow at peace..  i guessafter reading about what happened to iris, it has made me really thinkabout mental health, taking time for myself as well as my family andfriends..  i guess everyone just needs to take the time to makesure that they are okay before taking on more tasks…  and askfor help whenever they feel overwhelmed by life or work orfamily… 
  

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