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Why I search
In the past six months, I have gotten a little more serious about my birth family search. I wouldn't call it quite active, but the door is open for me to travel to Korea to appear on the KBS show "I...
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On the Loss of Her History, or An Ode to White Mythmaking
On the Loss of Her History, or An Ode to White MythmakingWritten by friend and poet, Tel McGahaWhat I meant to say over Christmas supper when I saidwhites should not save little Asian babies, is...
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Happiness is a curious thing. It rushes at you in overwhelming waves, then rushes away again. It is so full yet fleeting that one is left with merely the air in one's lungs, and wondering if anything...
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Already there
My heart tells me that a search would be the right thing to do. Not only that, but as a biological mother I sense that a search would bring closure to not just myself, but possibly to others. But...
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Pervasive Loss
If you are a parent, imagine this: you have loved and nourished your child. When your child is age 2, you are their only concept of safety, love, family, validation. They have no concept of self apart...
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Dot connected
This will seem so obvious after I've explained it. In actuality, it never dawned on me until tonight to make the connection.Several years ago, there was a famous case in the state where I live. A...
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Love, not labor
[I wrote this 2 years ago at a different blog. More true now, more true everyday. Reading who I was then, reflecting on the changes and the constants. Happy holiday season to you all.]So. Today I was...
View ArticleAwhile back, my Korean family found me
No, I didn't find them. I wasn't searching for them ~ they were searching for me. They were searching. For me. For 34 years. The story of how we got separated is tragic and fucked up. It makes me feel...
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I can feel it happening now, though it must have been going on for months already. There is a Korean child ~ a ghost, really ~ who is suddenly alive and growing rapidly into a woman. And there is an...
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Writing again, but not here. I'm the author of Soojung Jo. There, I'll post updates about my published writing -- both online and in print. I'll post excerpts from my memoir (in development), and...
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