差出人: "Wenn Lin" wwl@techville.com 件名: In Remembrance of Your Mother 日付: 2024年3月15日 5:14:02 GMT+8 宛先: '頼修慧' frances.xh.lai@gmail.com, "'Betty Lai'" bettylai10@gmail.com, "'Kelly Lai'" amfbk35@gmail.com CC: rai.sousuke@gmail.com, "'Bernadette Lin'" bjl@techville.com, kttong@psc.com.tw

Dear Frances, Betty, and Kelly:

We are so sad to hear that your beloved mother has left us.

Milly was one of our few close friends. We had known her since junior high school. Through her and your dad, Bernadette and I met each other, started dating, and got married. Our two families lived in the same apartment complex in Philadelphia and, later, in Dallas. For years, we were business partners, neighboring relatives, and closest friends.

But Milly was more than just a close friend. She and Alex were our most helpful companions. When we moved to Dallas in the bitter winter of 1983, Bernadette was in her final days of pregnancy. We were fortunate to be able to stay with them and had a smooth delivery of our first child, Eugene. Later, Milly would help us care for the baby, give useful advice to the mother, and assist us in finding a new home to move into.

In 2006, Milly and Kelly moved from Dallas to Taiwan to join Alex. One day in 2007, unexpectedly, she showed up at our doorstep. She had heard Bernadette was diagnosed with cancer. She made special arrangements from her pre-planned trip to stop by Dallas for a few hours to encourage Bernadette. She would later come to Dallas several more times to continue supporting us. And in 2015, Milly took a special trip to San Francisco to attend John’s wedding. Each time she came to visit, we could talk about our past for days. We had so much in common.

Milly was a dutiful daughter-in-law with traditional virtues.

Alex loves his parents very much. He took great care of them during their final years. Everyone says Alex is the most caring son of our generation. But we should also give credit to Milly. She had lived with her parents-in-law for countless years. When Alex was busy with business, sometimes out of the country for months, Milly would be the only person taking care of the elderly and the household. She was the role model of every daughter-in-law of our generation as well.

Milly was a great mother.

She was a promising pharmacist. She could have a bright professional future. But she placed her three daughters’ growth and study before her own career. For their well-being and education, she would live in Dallas for many years, then moved from Dallas to Taiwan, and from Taiwan to New Jersey. She raised them to adulthood, sent them to the best colleges, and saw them settling down. We have no idea how she could do all these, most of the time by herself. We admired her energy and devotion. Even up to this day, I can still picture Milly taking Frances and Betty to swimming lessons on hot, humid summer days, with baby Kelly in tow.

Milly was a good wife above all her other merits.

Milly loved Alex. Their marriage lasted for more than 50 years. During those years, Alex has the responsibility of growing his business as well as attending to family properties. Milly was always supportive of Alex’s objectives. She would take care of the children so that Alex could concentrate on his career. Milly had lots of talents and many dreams. Unfortunately, she passed too soon. Those dreams went with her.

But there is still one dream which her daughters might be able to help her fulfill. As a wife and mother, she must have wished to see them on every special occasion. If the daughters could take time to visit their only parent more often in the future, she probably would go with a smile.

Bernadette & Wenn Lin with Love!