She has faced two major decisions during her life. At the age of 28 she moved to mainland China with her husband, in search of utopia. They stayed for seven years, living through the Cultural Revolution. Later, at the age of 57, she left her husband and children in the US and returned to Taiwan, this time to reclaim the land of her dreams.
爽朗、樸實、誠懇的陳若曦人生中做過兩個重大決定：廿八歲時為追求烏托邦境界毅然與夫婿段世堯進入中國大陸，生活七年並歷經文化大革命；五十七歲時「拋夫棄子，回歸台灣」只為追尋理想夢土。