Last week I flew to Minneapolis to present at my second KAAN (Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network) Conference. Leading up to the conference, I had been preparing presentations with Shaaren Pine and Grace Newton. In my first presentation, “Body Betrayal” with Shaaren, we talked about our bodies and growing up with brown skin in […]
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So…Mother’s Day. It’s a holiday that’s pretty easy for most. You buy your mom a card and some flowers. Take her out to brunch. Pick up the phone and tell her you love her. Easy right? Well, for a lot of people it’s not. There are those who have lost their mothers or maybe have […]
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A year ago today, I clicked “publish” on my first blog post. As I’ve told others, I started the blog as a New Year’s goal. For the past few years, I’ve always put “publish my writing” as a goal, but I would never get around to doing anything about it. Work kept me busy. My […]
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