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WHY NOW? WHAT SPARKED MY SEARCH INTO MY PAST?
Korean Adoptee | Mixed Korean | MY HISTORY IS A MYSTERY...

WHY NOW? WHAT SPARKED MY SEARCH INTO MY PAST?

I keep asking myself: Why now? What made me decide to finally go to my birth country of Korea for the first time at the age of 48 (last year)?  It felt like the perfect storm of Impulse (My 2017 Year of Yes and vowing to experience everything), Vulnerability (My 2018 Year of giving in…

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MY FIRST TRIP TO MY BIRTH COUNTRY WAS MORE THAN I EVER IMAGINED
Journey to My Birth Country | Korean Adoptee | Mixed Korean | MY HISTORY IS A MYSTERY... | TRANSFORM THRU TRAVEL

MY FIRST TRIP TO MY BIRTH COUNTRY WAS MORE THAN I EVER IMAGINED

I tried to be present and not have too many expectations so that I would be neither let down or surprised. I still had no way to prepare for what I found when I traveled to my birth country for the first time.

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WHAT NOW?!
Korean Adoptee | Mixed Korean | MY HISTORY IS A MYSTERY...

WHAT NOW?!

Recently I got some Big News and at first curiosity bubbled over as I wondered “What now?!” Part of me itched to hurry and tell somebody because the news was too big not to share! Part of me craved to be still, sit and simmer on the information to allow me to maintain control of…

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Korean Adoptee | Mixed Korean | MY HISTORY IS A MYSTERY... | WTF...

MAPPING OUT ME

Growing up, one classmate told people he was born on a star. We laughed it off but, underneath, I empathized. I knew very little about my Korean origins, many moons from where I landed in America. Alien and alone, I tried to make sense of my differences without all the information. Being ½, Asians don’t…

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OPENING A KOREAN CAN OF WORMS
FAVORITES | Korean Adoptee | Mixed Korean | MY HISTORY IS A MYSTERY... | WTF...

OPENING A KOREAN CAN OF WORMS

As soon as I clicked the “place order” button, A warmth spilled out from my chest and enveloped me. You know that feeling when you splurge on some guilty indulgence, just what you need at that moment to make your life complete. Others question “Do you really need that?!” Doesn’t matter. You deserve to do…

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