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Mr. Jay is always greeted with respect.  He’s got rock star status and he loves it.  He enjoys hearing children chant his name as he drives down the mountain road.  But the truth is Mr. Jay is all smoke and mirrors, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

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Our school peers were typically mocking of my siblings and me, with our foreign names and ways.  The smell of kimchee streaming from our pores and breath probably garnered us no leeway.

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Today, my family is confronted by a terrible grief and a great absence. My brother-in-law, my sister’s husband, is missing at sea.

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I read this morning that they’ve stopped actively searching for any survivors of last week’s Marine helicopter crash off the coast of Hawaii.

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Check out this awesome Haka performed at a wedding: