R.I.P Lillian Kong, I love you sis. 7/14/09

When I was a little kid, my sister was my best friend. We used to do everything together-Play games, draw, color, fight with sticks, pretend like we were power rangers and piss off our parents- just anything we wanted. We never fought when we were kids. When i got older, my sister and i grew apart. We started to do less things together and she started to annoy me but she still remained that best friend I had when I was a kid. After growing up, shes been such an inspiration to some people including me. Shes always shown me that even though people have to deal with obstacles in their way, they can persevere if they work hard enough. My sister was a great example, when she took the CAHSEE she failed her first time. It didn't stop her, she went and studied and studied regardless of her disability. She passed the math and was one off her english to pass. Such an amazing feat. I was proud. I still am proud.

When she first got the gamecube for the household our first game was animal crossing. She loved it and played it ever since. I never understood how she never got bored and just did everything, the repetition and everything. She played it even until the day she had to go to the hospital. Other thing she just adored was Pokemon. The games made her feel happy and the shows just made her laugh. She would tell my mom to wake her up every saturday morning so she can watch the new episodes.

When we found out that she had disabilities when she was about 2, we knew from then on that it was going to be hard for her. We were right. She didnt have many friends and finding friends was difficult for her because she didnt know if they were being nice because she was disabled or if they were really friends she could chill with. Luckily she found a couple good friends along the way that she could really talk to and chill with. Her teachers were great, she came out with some of the highest grades in her classes and it still amazes me to this day. She got up to trig and got a higher grade then i did, so that obviously says something there. Even though it was difficult for her to find good friends, she's always had her family, we were there for her. I was a jerk at times and i'll admit it but I still love her as a sister and as a best friend.

Yesterday morning my mom woke up and my sister was short of breath, she was driven to the hospital and she told my mom in the car "Mom, I dont think I can make it out of the hospital this time." When she got better in the evening, i called and asked to talk to her. First thing she says was "What does he want?" It made me so sad and made me just wanna cry because that was like a slap in my face. I just told her "You're strong, you're going to get through this and I wanna see you home." This morning her blood pressure shot up to 160 and stopped breathing. She died at 9:45 am. I was informed at 11:30 after my mom came home crying. I had not expected this after her phenominal progress out her illness. If i could say one thing to her before she left us it would've been that I love her and that she was a truely phenominal character in life. Truely phenominal.

You are in a better place now. I know you are going to look after us. We miss you. We love you.

Lauren Kong
("Little" Brother)