As I have mentioned before, this new development in finding my birth family caught me completely off guard. I have found it difficult to find my bearings and have only recently begun wrapping my mind around the situation and what it all means. One thing I didn’t expect was just how guarded I would be on the subject altogether.
Everyone in my life knows I am going back to South Korea for the first time since my adoption in 1985…a handful of people knew I had initiated a birth family search as part of my master to-do list…and now, only a select few know that they have been found.
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