The Three Sisters

(Post by Susan)

I grew up with two sisters—Nancy the oldest, Iris the middle, and I’m the youngest. The three of us are three years apart. We all graduated from Milpitas High School. We all went to U.C. Berkeley and majored in degrees never put to use (Biology, Architecture, Music/Economics). We all kept our last name when we got married. And we’re all the family CFO.

Growing up, we didn’t always get along. It was more like, Nancy and Iris always played together and ganged up against me. I was always the spoiled brat. After college, we lived in different states/countries—New York, San Francisco, and Shanghai/China. The distance that separated us brought us closer together.

Nancy and I spent the last few weeks with Iris, walking with her through the darkest valley that nobody should ever have to go through. We would have done anything for her, if only we could take away her physical suffering. At least she wasn’t alone.

The picture below was taken on January 24, less than a month ago. This is the last picture we took of Iris while she was still feeling relatively well. This is also the last picture we took of the three sisters. Iris is on the left, I’m in the middle holding Avery, and Nancy is on the right.

Below are some photos of the three of us taken throughout the years. I’m still sorting through all the family pictures and will add them when I find them.

Three Sisters

Three sisters at Santa Cruz beach Three sisters at Santa Cruz beach	Three sisters in Taiwan Three sisters in Taiwan	Three sisters in Taiwan Three sisters in Taiwan	Daddy and his three girls Daddy and his three girls
Mommy and her three girls Mommy and her three girls	At Santa Cruz beach At Santa Cruz beach	Christmas 2001 Christmas 2001	Three sisters in Taiwan Three sisters in Taiwan
Three sisters with ahma Three sisters with ahma		Three sisters at Xin Tian Di Three sisters at Xin Tian Di	Three sisters at Xin Tian Di in Shanghai Three sisters at Xin Tian Di in Shanghai
See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil	Three sisters at Really Good Seafood Restaurant Three sisters at Really Good Seafood Restaurant	Three sisters and the boys Three sisters and the boys	Susan’s wedding in Shanghai Susan’s wedding in Shanghai
speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil	Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil	Family gathering in Oct 2007 Family gathering in Oct 2007	Just the ladies Just the ladies
	The Berkeley sisters The Berkeley sisters	Jump! Jump!