My Niamtais loved colorful and vibrant flowers. Every spring, she would go around the yard and pick our flowers and rearranged them in vases for the house. Whenever I would go to the store and see colorful and beautiful flowers, I would buy them for my mom and my Niamtais. It brought me joy to see how happy they loved the flowers. 💐

My Niamtais was so beautiful this day and extremely happy. Her youngest son finally got married, every mother's dream. This is my Niamtais with us granddaughters. Still missing a few of us, but my Niamtais insisted on taking a photo with all of us together. 🤍

Mom came all the way to “Ha-vie” to attend Lisa’s wedding and to spend time with us. Through out the whole vacation, she was most amazed at all the wild chickens running around! Mom also got to party on a pontoon on a sandbar in Hawaii!

This year, for Christmas, my Mom really wanted to take family photos in Hmong clothes. My Niamtais always knew how to dress up in traditional Hmong clothes by the layers and the style. This was one of my Niamtais's favorite thing to do.

My niam tais and pog were like best friends everytime my pog came down to visit

This day, everyone came over to my Niamtais house at Green Dragon, Pennsylvania . That house held a lot of memories for my aunts and uncles and us kids growing up. 

My Niamtais would always tell me stories about how I was told to go inside the house but instead I would wander to go off and pick flowers. Or about the time I would carry a big heavy bag around and trying to leave home with it. She pulled me aside and looked what was in the bag and it was my aunt's clothings and a half broken cutting board. She would always talk about those stories and laugh about them to me. Thank you Niamtais and I'm happy I gave you funny memories to look back on and laugh. Your voice and your laugh will forever be ingrained into my memory. I miss and love you so much Niamtais. 🕊️

The last time I saw Aunty was at the NC Hmong New Year 2022-2023. Every time I saw Aunty, she would always ask if I missed her and then giggle after she asked. She told me to visit her soon, and I was planning on it this summer while on my way back from my AR family reunion.  I hadn't even gotten a chance to tell her I was coming to see her. I'm sadden to hear she has gone with the lord. She will be missed.

When I had graduated college, she was so happy and proud of me. From time to time again, she would always lecture me to love my family because I'm the oldest daughter with a great education and not every parents can say that. Thank you Niamtais and I'm happy to make you proud. 🪽

My Niamtais would always tell me that when I was little, I would always call myself as "Duaci Poj Niam" and that was what she use to call me. I'm the first grand daughter to my Niamtais and she spoiled me with so much love. 

On this day, my parents dropped us off for my Niamtais to watch us. And the first thing my Niamtais told me was that she had a present for me. She dressed me up and gave me a baby doll. She told me that I was her model and to go pose on top of these chairs and she would take photos of me. That day was a core memory and I never saw that baby doll ever again cause someone threw it away into the deep, dark basement. I miss you and love you so much Niamtais. Thank you for loving and raising me. 🤍

Mom is the prettiest in Hmong clothes! She wore it so well ❤️

Mom hiking at Anna Ruby Falls! She’s a champ hiking those trails!

You were so happy when we moved to Georgia.  We’re sad that you’re no longer here, but grateful that God let us have 9 great months together.

OBITUARY

Niam Txhiaj Pov Yaj (Rwg Thoj)

December 3, 1950 – April 23, 2024

Smith Memory Chapel

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