I think her birthday is May 19, 1922. That makes her Korean age 92 this year. Korean age accounts for the time a baby is in the mother’s womb. She came from a well to do family, I seem to recall, but they lost their money/fortune. Park Kung-Hee worked for the Salvation Army (SA) and was […]
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Korea: Time to Leave on Trip
We leave for Korea today, and while packing, I found that my favorite black pants needed hemming. Ducked taped it and then remembered Mrs. McDonald, my high school home-ec teacher who never approved of my methods. So I found a needle and thread, but only found brown, so I sewed the hem and it looked worse […]
While planning our trip to Korea, I found some old pictures of the orphanage – some 38 years ago no less, where my two Korean daughters were from – and I lived for a short while. It was also called Il Maek Won. It has moved locations and now has older children also. Notice the girls […]
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. […]
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Orphanage – The Value of Touch
I took off my shoes and stepped up into the orphanage. About 20 little dark-headed toddlers surrounded me, each child begging to be picked up. The Korean babies home in 1972 held over one hundred children up to the age of five. At six, the children were relocated to a home where they could attend school. For several months, I […]