Link: Sky Forever

Okay, I know this is an extreme dramatization and I wasn’t fond of the graphics at the beginning, but this one really got to me. It is not for children. I think it’s because there isn’t any sound. It makes it that much more dramatic and memorable. In a rather macabre kind of way – I enjoyed it.

One of the things that it does remind me of is the fact that I could pass my birth family on the street (parents, siblings, cousins…) and I would never know. I can search faces for features that are like mine, but there are thousands of people who might have my same eyes, nose or facial structure. It’s a little disconcerting.

I remember when I was in high school and thinking about dating for the first time, I wondered what would happen if I met an Asian man. At that point it was pretty moot because there weren’t any in my city, but I knew that I wasn’t always going to be there. It really worried me that I could meet someone who turned out to be my first cousin – like a bad made for television drama.

Now, I’m pretty aware that the chances of this are pretty slim, but it’s something that I really thought about a lot. There’s that mysterious unknown about my birth family in Korea.

There is very little chance that I will shoot my sibling, like the main character in this story…but the other possibilities are endless and a little scary.

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