Flowers by John Yip

sunrise in Saigon, Vietnam: August 17, 1928
sunset in Santa Clara, California: December 12, 2009


December 2008 at The Kahala Hotel & Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii








Eulogy: son John with Rev. Hing Chai Cheng (Chinese translation)




Remembrance: poem delivered by brother-in-law Bob and Pastor

When somebody dies, a cloud turns into an angel
and flies up to tell God to put another flower
on a pillow. A bird gives the message back to
the world and sings a silent prayer that makes
the rain cry....

People disappear, but they never really go away.
The spirits up there put the sun to bed, wake up
the grass, and spin the earth in dizzy circles.
Sometimes you can see them dancing in a cloud
during the daytime when they're supposed to be
sleeping.

They paint the rainbows and also the sunsets
and make waves splash and tug at the tide.
They toss shooting stars and listen to wishes.
And when they sing windsongs, they whisper to
us, "Don't miss me too much. The view is nice,
and I'm doing just fine."


Remembrance: song by Brother-in-Law Bob


Remembrance: niece Claudine Low


Remembrance: nephew Alex Hong


Remembrance: dietitian Amy Shiau


Remembrance: Amy saddened by loss of "Grandpa"


Remembrance: cousin-in-law Minh Hong and Pastor

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