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NSW has finally shown a “path to freedom”. The ease of Covid restrictions and what seems to be the new sense of normality. After the announcement was made and discussions around international travel was announced. I got emotional. Not for the mere fact it meant I could go and enjoy a summer holiday in Europe, […]

It’s been nearly a year since I first made contact with my birth mother. Communication is very slow. It takes approximately over a month to hear a response to my letters. Over the last few letters I have been pressing my birth mother about finding my birth father. Throughout the letters she advises me not […]

BIRTH MOTHERS SIDE OF THE FAMILY BIRTH FATHERS SIDE OF THE FAMILY

It’s not the average fairy tale. My birth parents met at a restaurant in Korea in 1990 at the age of 18 years old. It was actually my Aunties restaurant (birth mum’s oldest sister). My birth father was working at the restaurant part-time and my birth mother was working an office job while she was […]

The questions I get asked the most. Am I going to go overseas and meet her?Who are you going to go with?When are you going? Why don’t you video chat with her? If you’re here for the simple answer, it is “yes”. Hopefully one day I will go to Korea and meet her and the […]

Hey Everyone, This is an exciting post, one that I know a lot of you have been requesting. When I first made contact with my birth mother in March 2020, I made clear in my post “Two Pages More” I was going to keep a lot of the details private. I chose not to share […]

Hey Everyone, Hope you’re all keeping safe and well, during this time.I was so grateful for the messages and comments from everyone from my last post. It has been truly an overwhelming experience. I received a copy of the second translated letter, I read through it once. I wasn’t able to re-read it again until […]

So I’ve been a little out of touch and we have so much to catch up on. I will explain it all in this post. It will be a little long, but I promise it’s worth reading (if you’re interested). Let me take you back to March 2019, I received a call from my caseworker. […]

In 2011, I met Deborra-lee Furness. Some of you may know her as Hugh Jackman’s wife or as a strong, independent and down to earth women Back in 2011, I shared some of my thoughts and a little bit of my story with her. My email to her back then was about my experience of growing […]

Dear Mum, I guess I should first start off with an introduction. My name is Sara Saliba, although you may know me as An Sook Young. Unlike Korean names, many English names have a middle name. My family wanted me to keep part of my identity, so An Sook Young is my middle name. Therefore my full […]