Writing Home: Living My One Life
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What’s In a Name (opens the original)
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Having a second or third name means you can be decoupled from language at any time, and that it might be wise to hold onto names lightly. Being an adoptee is a lifelong lesson in impermanence.-Sun Yung Shin, from Heart Eater<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_cUn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fs
Familiar/Familial (opens the original)
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Estrangement presents an essential existential question: Who are we without our family? What kind of person cuts the proverbial umbilical cord and why? And who do we become once separated from our kin?Estrangement is the process of making strange what was once known. It is the othering of oneself, the loss of our roots. Estrangement is distance, rupture… Read more
treasures 9.2.26 (opens the original)
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Thirty six days until I leave for Korea! It’s getting so close—starting to feel real. My travel itinerary is shaping up, and I have a packing list and all my luggage set. The waiting part is so hard, but I know it will fly. Fall ango has started, which will help keep me grounded and steady.listeningKorean Walking at Night My new go to mellow playlist T… <a href="htt
Vow (opens the original)
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783 (opens the original)
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That is my place in the queue of adoptees who have filed an Adoptee Information Disclosure Request with the National Center for the Rights of the Child, the new Korean government agency charged with safekeeping all archived adoptee files.<source type="image
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