Happy Mother’s Day!

To Korean Adoptees around the world on Mother’s Day:

Today can hold many feelings at once. Love. Grief. Gratitude. Anger. Curiosity. Emptiness. Hope. Some of us know our mothers. Some are still searching. Some carry only questions, fragments, or silence. And some grew up with adoptive mothers who could not give the care, safety, or understanding we needed.

Whatever your story is, you do not have to force this day into something simple or cheerful to deserve peace.

May today honor the strength it took to grow through separation, identity, loss, and survival. May it also honor the tenderness that still lives within you — the part that keeps searching for connection, truth, belonging, and love.

To the mothers we remember, miss, resent, wonder about, or never knew.

To the women who tried their best, and to those who hurt us.

To the people who mothered us in unexpected ways.

To ourselves, learning how to re-parent and care for our own hearts.

You are not alone in the complexity of this day.

Wishing Korean Adoptees everywhere moments of gentleness, grounding, and community today. May you feel seen not just for your resilience, but for your humanity. Happy Mother’s Day, in whatever way feels true for you.