With so much to write about ... so much news, so little time ... I'm popping over here from the Adoption News Blog to post about some Korean adoption-flavored stories.

Starting with this one on an unexpected reunion with birth family.

Nineteen-year-old Korean-born adoptee Robin Gellinger and her mom took a trip to South Korea to see her birthplace... more

I received a link to the "Readers' guide to Adoption-Related Literature" from the adoption group that I belong to. It's a huge list of different adoption titles for adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, etc...

Link: Literature List

Some of the categories are:

Adoptees (Non-Fiction) Birth Parents Searching Adoptive Parents

Example: Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year. Randall B Hicks. 1993.... more

I’m having Bloggers Block. I’ve heard of writers block, but this is definitely bloggers block because I have thought of several things to write about, but none of them applicable to my blogs. So, I’m going to write about Curious George.

What does Curious George have to do with Korean adoption? Not much. However, it does have something to do with how my three year old Korean adoptee views family. We bought my son the Curious George movie when it came out and he was pretty enthralled. The section where they put George in a cage and tried to send him... more

I was really disappointed when I learned that AsianWeek had published an article by Kenneth Eng entitled “Why I Hate Blacks.” I often looked to AsianWeek to see what was happening in the Asian community. It’s proof that racism is not limited to majority races.

I found the following article on the New American Media website and I found it more interesting than the other articles because it included audio.

Link: New American Media

The basics of the article are that ethnic media groups got together to discuss what the media’s responsibility... more

In the article, Duckett Investigators Talk To Experts In Korean Adoptions, it talks about how the investigators are seriously looking at the possibility that Trenton Duckett’s mother may have sent her son to Korea.

For those of you who haven’t heard about Trenton, he is the son of a Korean Adoptee (Melinda Duckett). Melinda reported her son missing and then, shortly after, committed suicide.

Trenton's mother, Melinda Duckett, was adopted from Korea to a family in the U.S., and she had told at least one co-worker that she wanted to expose her son to the Korean culture. Detectives... more

Today, I started wondering why people assume that all Korean adoptees will get along just because we are adopted from Korea. Yes, we have the added advantage of a common bond, but that does not automatically make us a unit. So when I hear that parents think that because their children are both Korean adoptees they will be best friends, I tend to sigh a little. It's like thinking that all people with blond hair will get a long just because of their hair color.

Growing up, I had one Korean adoptee friend (until she moved). We clicked right away, but it was no different than the way I clicked with my Caucasian friends. We were young and we really didn't discuss being Korean or not... more

Awhile back, I wrote a (kind of) book review about the Beacon Street Girls. The “kind of” was because I was having a hard time opening up their sample chapters.

Link: Book Review (Kind Of)

To my surprise, there was an e-mail waiting for me when I got home from work. The e-mail was from Bobbie Carlton (Marketing Director for the Beacon Street Girls series).... more

It’s all coming back to me now. Right before we started the process to bring my son home, I was having major child envy. I was ready a little before my husband was and, truthfully, I pushed that one through a little early. I suspect that this will be a lot more difficult. Last time, I didn’t get the child-bug until shortly before we started the process. This time I have it and I know I have to wait at least two more years.

I’m actually hoping that it will even out a little. Right now, a whole bunch of the waiting parents on one of my message... more

While I was able to participate from the beginning in my sister’s adoption, I am well aware that my own parenting situation will be a little different. My son will be four (or five) when we are ready to start the process. My son will be able to grasp more than he can now (at three), but some of the process will still be hard for him to understand.

At four or five, the endless paperwork and the doctor’s appointments will seem boring. The need for immediate gratification will override any logical statements from his parents. I can’t even... more

I am writing this post because, if I don’t, my mother will badger me until I do. It’s self preservation.

Awhile back, I wrote about Anne Tyler’s book, “Digging To America.” Part of the story line is that every year two families that met at the airport while picking up their Korean adoptees have an Arrival Day party. At the first party, they thought there should be a theme song for the girls and all they could think of was “She’ll Be Coming Around The Mountain.”... more