This isn’t your average Wordful post.
In fact, I’m writing this from a hotel room in Seoul, South Korea, which is quite a change in pace from the warm family life I lead in Hawai‘i.
The reason I’m here now is to take a few days to myself to discover the country of my mother and the ancestors from her side of the family.
Unfortunately, though, the odds of success are against me: I don’t speak Korean and my relatives are–how shall I say–very distant. I’ve never met them or spoken to them until about 3 months ago to make arrangements for this visit.
In fact, my uncle just informed me he can’t make it to see me in Seoul, so I will just be meeting a couple of cousins. [Read more...] Deep Lessons Learned In Korea
October 9, 2009 By 3 Comments
This isn’t your average Wordful post.
In fact, I’m writing this from a hotel room in Seoul, South Korea, which is quite a change in pace from the warm family life I lead in Hawai‘i.
The reason I’m here now is to take a few days to myself to discover the country of my mother and the ancestors from her side of the family.
Unfortunately, though, the odds of success are against me: I don’t speak Korean and my relatives are–how shall I say–very distant. I’ve never met them or spoken to them until about 3 months ago to make arrangements for this visit.
In fact, my uncle just informed me he can’t make it to see me in Seoul, so I will just be meeting a couple of cousins. [Read more...]