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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Maybe I am being dramatic, maybe I am not. On the 15th of February I felt a vibrate from my phone, I looked and saw it was an email from Family and Community Services (NSW). I remember glancing at my phone for what seemed like a few minutes, but was probably only 30 seconds. I couldn’t think […]

I never expected this call on a ordinary Friday at 2:05 PM, 15 April 2016 from my caseworker at the adoption agency. My case worker asked me if I was able to talk, many thoughts were going through my head. Was I going to hear information I hoped for or information that I have been […]

Two Thousand and Seventeen I have this gut feeling, not just your ordinary gut feeling. This gut feeling only occurs when I think about the possibilities of the future. My chest briefly starts to hurt, my stomach feels funny, my throat starts to get dry and I find that my body slightly freezes up. I […]

Well, today I received an email. An email from Family and Community Services. One that I decided to not open for a few mintues,

Time is an illusion – Albert Einstein.  TIME. A simple four letter word that can be easily defined as the past, present and future.  Although the concept of time is confusing it self, it can be difficult to understand. As time goes by, the past increases and the future recedes. But really, time is the now, the […]