My personal experience regarding adoption began in August 1955 when I was born to an unwed mother in Taejon, South Korea. My father was likely a military/foreign born man that had a relationship with my birth mother.Read More

My story can be summarized in one word — ‘Reality.’ I have no details about my birth mother’s state of mind, nor about my situation when she relinquished me to an orphanage in Seoul.  The professor who chose me from the rows of cribs simply was doing his job for my adoptive parents in the United States.  I’m sure there were many others he could have chosen. Living in the United States was a blessing.  Certainly my life wouldn’t be what it is today were I not given the opportunity to live in a country other than Korea.  I thank the Korean people for their fortitude and conviction that the country’s highest risk children needed an option to survive. The power of this idea should never be underestimated.  It’s still relevant to the current environment for institutionalized children worldwide. The ‘realities’ I referred to earlier deal with the children of any country (143 million worldwide at last count.)  Children need: families and homes where they can grow up and thrive; opportunities to learn and to play with friends; a place to eat and sleep without fear of disease and death. There is a greater need to protect the safety of Read more