My Family Story
This is a family story that makes you feel warm and deep family love.
Sending My Child to a Foreign Country
Not long ago, my daughter in the sixth grade went abroad for a history visit, a program supported by the Education Office. She was given the opportunity to take a flight for the first time in her life. On the…
Ma Eun-hui from Yeosu, South Korea
The Beautiful Mind of Fathoming the Heart of Her Grandmother
I have a niece, who has a very beautiful mind. She sincerely cares about her grandmother. She sends her grandmother’s favorite snacks, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and oranges from time to time, and remits some money to her three times a…
Lee Sun-ok from Changwon, South Korea
A Smile Brings Joy
One day, I had dizziness. Feeling my whole body weak, I even had nausea. As I am well-built and had not lost strength or appetite before, I was worried about these sudden symptoms. After hesitating a little bit, I went…
Seo Hui-jeong from Daejeon, South Korea
Making Gimbap
I liked eating gimbap when I was young. On a picnic or sports day, my mom always made gimbap for me. So I took it for granted that I should eat gimbap on a special day. Time passed, and I…
Kim Yu-ra from Suwon, South Korea
The Seed of Positive Words
Our family shared the Family Love & Communication article entitled, “Positive Words Design Happiness” after having the Happy Home worship. It was an enlightening article about the power of words. What was impressive was about the South Korean fencer in…
Roxanne K. Miller from New Windsor, NY, U.S.
For a Lover of Watermelon
“Watermelon Killer” and “Watermelon Lover!” These are the nicknames I gave my younger sister. It’s because she loves watermelons whereas I don’t because it is troublesome for me to spit out the seeds. When she comes back home after work,…
Hong Jeong-eun from Seoul, South Korea
My Younger Brother’s Egg Dishes
When my brother was little, he wanted to learn to cook eggs. So my mom gathered us and said, “Please eat the eggs he made no matter how bad they are.” The first time, the eggs were undercooked slightly. When…
Bianca Papapietro from Atlanta, GA, U.S.
Mom and Strawberry
In my childhood, my family was very poor. When the six members of my family lay in a single room, we had no space to turn over. My parents leased farms from others to raise their four children. One day,…
Park Eun-ja from Gumi, South Korea
Chocolate Milk
My husband bought banana milk on his way home. It was what he had not done before. Even when I wanted to have quality family time and asked him to eat out all together, he would say, “Three of you…
Hong Seon-ok from Seoul, South Korea
Dad’s Most Concerned Child
I am the third oldest one of four daughters. There is an old joke in Korea, “The third oldest daughters are so pretty that men are willing to take them as their wives without even seeing them.” However, I was…
Ha Jeong-oh from Jinju, South Korea
Well Done!
A mother wheeled a stroller into the elevator. The hair of the child sitting in the stroller was shinny and eye-catching. Then I noticed a mark on his wrist. It was like a “Well Done” stamp. “Hi. What’s on your…
Choi Seok-hui from Seongnam, South Korea
Mom Never Yields with the Power of Love for Her Children
My phone rang while I was washing dishes. It was Mom. I could guess why she was calling me. Mom must have called me to give me some side dishes. At the thought, ‘I should’ve called her first,’ I was…
Lee Su-ja from Gumi, South Korea
Lost Shoes Back
My grandma always wants to give me more. When I was in elementary school, she bought me a desk for hard study. She paid for school uniforms in my middle and high school days. When I became a college student…
Oh Jin-hui from Anyang, South Korea
Filial Piety Is…
Recently, my right wrist hurt. I thought it would be healed soon that I had no regard for it. But the pain worsened as days went by. I was just enduring pain, wearing a wrist brace and doing hot towel…
Jang Sun-hyang from Seoul, South Korea
My First Salary
I checked the text message at a vibration of my cell phone. My salary was deposited. I was happy because it was the first salary in my life. ‘Is this really mine? How should I use it?’ I thought of…
Kim Seon-wu from Seongnam, South Korea
Beautiful Mind and Touching Words
My first eight-year-old son is easily frightened. When he went to the bathroom or needed water to drink at night, he had to wake me or my husband up. One day, however, he woke up at dawn and went to…
Jeong Eun-yeong from Uijeongbu, South Korea
My Father
It was when I went to my parents’ house for the first holiday after my marriage. Resting in a room, I heard Dad and my husband were talking in the living room. Later, my husband came into the room and…
Tak Jin-seul from Anyang, South Korea
Older Sister’s Confession of Love
It was the Lunar New Year holidays during the winter vacation when I was in the second grade of elementary school. My aunt, who had lived close at hand and moved to a remote city, visited our home. We were…
Han Yu-mi from Changwon, South Korea
Dad’s House
When I was young, my dad built a house by himself; he saved his salary and bought materials such as bricks, cement, steel bars, and shovels, and piled them in the yard. I still remember my dad digging ditches, with…
Madrid, Spain
Bibimbap
When I came back from school, my mom used to make me bibimbap mixed with young radish kimchi, boiled barley, a spoonful of red pepper paste, and drops of perilla oil. It was one of my favorite foods. But over…
South Korea