In her essay “Ashwiwŏ hada: Feeling the Want of Something More,”    Dr. Sue-Je Gage reflects on her ethnographic research with the Amerasian Christian Academy and the Sunlit Sisters’ Center, a community center for elderly women, many of whom once worked in the militarized sex industry for U.S. soldiers in Camp Humphries, in South Korea. Many of these women had sent their children for adoption to the U.S., and they quickly “adopted” Sue-Je, an Amerasian Korean American, as a fictive daughter. When describing the complexity of the evolving interpersonal relationships with the women who desired a deeper connection with her, Sue-Je writes: 

I also feel the want of something more, the want to continue, to listen with my heart, to help in the ways that they want, to share with them, and to be a medium through which their lives can be known.

Dr. Sue-Je Gage embodied this ethical attunement, through her open heart, sincere generosity, and compassionate attention in all of her research, writing, and teaching. The radiance of her inner light, for those who were fortunate to feel its warmth, has made her unforgettable to so many friends, teachers, colleagues, students, and loved ones.