tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272509540719232468.post3329637775676101684..comments2012-08-12T22:44:24.015-07:00Comments on Maintenance Required: The Taming of the Chinese Chick: Part 1. . .Blog Day #24Jia-Min Rosendalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15010720426938572858noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272509540719232468.post-34126160746533840122011-05-20T15:28:55.882-07:002011-05-20T15:28:55.882-07:00Kim, your family was the "base" that I s...Kim, your family was the "base" that I set all my standards to. From the time you still had curly pigtails and had that red dot on your nose, your family was so warm and welcoming and I soo wanted to be a part of something like that. Plus you had a huge trampoline. And I forgot about your chickens, haha! Whenever you saw me it was at school or at birthday parties. I was usually happy to be out of the house. Plus we had some good times :) I guess compartmentalizing has been something I've always been able to do. When I was with friends, I didnt think about anything else. When I moved to Walter White I missed my twin friends the most. <br /><br />And then meeting you Whit, was awesome<br /> I remember feeling special that you would pick me as a friend. I think I shared one day with Susan about home, but she was having a rough time herself. You were a constant presence, keeping me from doing lots of bad things that girls can do. You were a big reason I never sought out drugs or eating disorders and such. Weird to think that so many unspoken things can go on but yet a friendship can last so long. But it was close friends like you and Kim and Kathy that showed me life could be more and better. I guess I never shared because you guys were more home and family to me than my real home. <br /><br />Thanks you two for the encouraging words. I got a little twinge in my heart reading your messages. Whenever I think about God protecting me and being with me when I didn't know, you were definetly used to light the path. And I love saying that I have lifelong friends.Jia-Min Rosendalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010720426938572858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272509540719232468.post-56359318851927022332011-05-20T12:15:38.673-07:002011-05-20T12:15:38.673-07:00Totally, never the "only Chineese girl" ...Totally, never the "only Chineese girl" to me, but hey, we had chickens, too ... thousands of them! And I remember one of your birthday parties. I don't remember thinking you were miserable ... you must have been good at hiding it. Though I think elementary kids who are capable of (and choose to) think of somebody other than themselves are few and far between. And in high school, like Whitney said, I remember you being very positive and upbeat. You had to be to make all that happen for yourself! It's a little sand to think that I didn't know you were miserable all those years. I'm glad you're happy now!Kim Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272509540719232468.post-610607424337205172011-05-20T09:39:48.735-07:002011-05-20T09:39:48.735-07:00sorry.. that was longer than intended.sorry.. that was longer than intended.Whitney Isettanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272509540719232468.post-57642008026297065962011-05-20T09:39:24.565-07:002011-05-20T09:39:24.565-07:00Jia-Min,
I just want to say a couple of things. #...Jia-Min,<br />I just want to say a couple of things. #1.. You were NEVER "the only Chinese girl" to me. I never saw you as a Chinese girl because you were just a great friend and your race didn't ever occur to me. That being said, I'm sorry if that means that I overlooked so much of the struggle you faced everyday. A struggle that you somehow managed to never make apparent to those of us that were 'close' to you. I'm sorry that you had such a hard time in jr. high and high school and I hope that you consider our friendship as one of the few things that weren't leading you down the wrong path, or a bad decision. I truly cherished many many many of the times we shared and the stories we still have.I love the fact that we are still friends and have been for so long.<br />#2 I am proud of who you are and what you have become in spite of your upbringing. You should be proud of yourself as well. Although I never knew the whole story, or got the whole picture, I knew you had a lot going on growing up, yet you always seemed so positive. You forged ahead and gave yourself opportunities that you otherwise wouldn't have had. I think that now, later in life, you are able to truly take the many positive things in your life and your personaility and allow them shine through becuase of the many hardships you endured. Your 'normal' :) mothering skills, amazing sense of family, and strong faith scream forth from this blog in a way that says only one thing to me: SUCCESS!<br />Congratulations on everything that you are. The road to get where you are may have been a rocky one, but it forms the very core of the amazingly successful person you are today. For that I am proud to be a tiny part of your life and can't wait to hear more.Whitney Isettanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272509540719232468.post-16866264879116641342011-05-20T09:30:52.511-07:002011-05-20T09:30:52.511-07:00eagerly awaiting the 2nd installment!eagerly awaiting the 2nd installment!Bronwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09967693332642800547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272509540719232468.post-5507574498297542692011-05-20T07:13:43.706-07:002011-05-20T07:13:43.706-07:00Reading this makes me realize how little I got to ...Reading this makes me realize how little I got to know you in Davis. <br />Am anxiously awaiting part two.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00297154926482829680noreply@blogger.com