Adoptees from the small Ilmagwon Orphanage in Gunsan, South Korea, are connecting after almost forty years! My two adopted daughters, Gina and Treasure, and I returned to Korea for the first time in 2012. I was in Korea from 1972 to 1974, living several months in the orphanage. We met the same woman, Mrs. Park, […]
Angela commented on my last blog about our coming trip to South Korea with my daughters, in part, to visit the Il Mag Won Orphanage in Gunsan where they are from. She replied on Friday, May 11, 2012. Dear Kathryn, Would love to correspond with you. I am #140 from Il Mag Won Orphanage and just visited the past 2 days. […]
I’m excited for my 3 daughters and I to be going to Korea, me – after 38 years.  When I was 19 years old, I left Oklahoma to live in Korea, because my husband at the time was stationed at Kunsan Air Force Base. While there, we adopted two baby girls. He left and I stayed in […]