Two years ago, I was reunited with my Korean Mother. For those that don't know, I was adopted by my wonderful American parents when I was 5 years old. My Korean mother is an amazing woman. Back in the early 80's she raised me as a single mom. This was unheard of during the time because there was a lot of social stigma attached to this. During that time, a child that was born out of wedlock was ineligible to go to school, go to the military--hence, unable to gain a foothold in society. She begged my father and my stepmother to take me in and I lived with them for 2 years before I was put up for adoption. She requested an international adoption because she knew that I would have more opportunities than a domestic adoption. She knew that we would be reunited one day. In fact, she never left the address that she wrote on the contact information when she put me up for adoption. She believed if she moved, it would have been difficult for me to fin...

My mother likes to read my blog but she said that I often do not label my pictures so it is difficult for her, "to know what the heck" she is looking at. So what momma says, I gotta do, so I'll try to label my pictures from now on. Let's get started. Ramen from Koko-ro Ramen in Sincheon Rabbit Rice Cake from the Seoul Rice Cake Fair