Andy has just celebrated his 6th birthday! He's as happy as can be even though his parents are starting him in school just a little late. Kai and her friends often joke about how they can already tell how he'll be absolutely handsome and he looks just like his father. Andy is very much into sports, especially soccer.
Allison grew up some too. She's 4 going on 5 this round and is extremely stubborn! Kai already sees a difficult teenager in her, even though she's so young. When Yu sees the obvious defiance in Alli, he just laughs and says 'like mother like daughter!', and then he jokes about how she says no just because she likes to say it.
Not everything around the house is something to celebrate. The cold that Ming Cho caught from Kai turned into something else entirely, and ended up taking her life much sooner than anyone would've expected otherwise. The family knew it was time the day before they found her very peacefully dead in her sleep. It was like the shadow of death had been following her all day, laughing when she coughed and mocking her when she tried to take her prescribed medicine in hopes of getting better.
Obituary:
Rest in Peace Ming Cho.
Ming leaves behind a husband, Tsung Cho, once child and daughter in law, Yu and Kai Cho, and two grandchildren, Andrew Tsu and Allison Theresa Cho. Ming's specialty was sewing and she sewed quickly and well. Many people remember that she was always helping out at the clothing store owned by the family and would often give free tailoring jobs. Ming Cho was a high standing member of Purity Creek society and the newly built graveyard will be named after her family.
The family is absolutely devastated by this loss. They eat in silence at the table. Alli had a bit of a growth spurt and looks somewhat older than she is(**my bad**), but her 5th birthday is coming up soon and her bigger body is a reminder. Everyone is trying to pull themselves together so that Alli can grow up surrounded by happiness, instead of all the grief and sadness.
A few weeks before her actual birthday, Grandpa Tsung takes Alli and older brother Andy out to the park. They skate around and pretend to have fun, but both children are just so sad. Tsung knows it won't last forever, but he hates seeing the kids so upset. It takes everything he has not to break down into tears, because he misses his sweet Ming as well...
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