Eulogy - Farewell Jessie
My Precious Sister, Jessie — 我的妹妹 My precious sister, Jessie. My 妹妹. It is hard to write about you in the past tense. You have been part of my life from your very first breath till you breathed your last. We were born in the same year, we were “Irish twins”, and we fought fiercely growing up. But when we both became Christians, God gave us a new commandment to love one another. Somehow, we actually learned to obey it. And today, almost three decades later, I see the beautiful fruit of that obedience. Many may not know that Jessie was actually the spiritual firstborn of our family. She came to faith before Janet and me, and she prayed faithfully for the family. I used to resist their faith together with our parents. Looking back, I now realise how much her prayers mattered. When Jessie was diagnosed with breast cancer at 44, we prayed that she would cross the five year mark. But in August 2022, the cancer had spread to her liver, lungs and bones. Then, in August 2023, Edw...
