Dear Korea, I’ve found myself angry at times living here because I think about the past. Even though I don’t really know much of it yet. There was no information really about me when I was born. My birth mother had me at a clinic in Gunsan. She was 30. There were 4 daughters before me and she wanted a son. At least that is … Continue reading History of Korean adoptions
Dear Korea, You’re showing me something I already knew about myself. I want to do everything. I try to do everything. As much as I can. As fast as I can. It’s hard living in Korea with so much I want to accomplish that would honestly take me a lifetime. And that’s what I’ve come to realize. That this journey of self-discovery is not something … Continue reading Learning Korean the hard way
Dear Korea, I was introduced to Calm through a friend at my old boxing gym in San Francisco. It wasn’t until I came to Korea that I started using it for daily meditation and stress management to help me cope with transitioning abroad. It has other great features too for sleep but honestly it’s been the best 10 minutes of my morning before I start … Continue reading Embracing change
Dear Korea, You are giving me answers to so many questions I never realized I had. I’m connecting pieces of conversations that are helping me understand more about who I am and who I want to be. One of the biggest reasons I came to Korea was to get a sense of what it means to be Korean. Understand the cultural differences that might have … Continue reading Korean Social Hierarchy
Love Letters to Korea 