📖 Yuri’s saga
You’ll find her journey intimate and emotional — sometimes funny, but mostly painful. It’s a story that needs to be told; if I don’t let it out, it sits inside me and aches. I hope you find it interesting, but don’t pity Yuri. She’s a strong girl— our atta-girl.
Returning to Korea After Fifteen Years
Yuri flies home for her brother’s unexpected wedding, only to feel old wounds resurface the moment she sees her parents at the airport. Some things change. Some things don’t.
Everything I Tried to Forget
Twenty-four hours after landing, Yuri is already booking a hotel to escape her family. One morning fight and a single word in a department store are enough to bring back what she spent decades trying to forget.
Finding Safety Across the Street
What should’ve been a joyful celebration becomes a night of reckoning. As Yuri tries to protect her mother, she confronts a truth she buried for decades: in her family, money explains everything—even the violence.
The Yeontan Winter
Pohang, 1980. In a cramped apartment heated by poisonous coal, a family survives on cheap government rice and borrowed hope. But survival isn't enough when you're born the wrong gender.
“Daughters Are Useless”
One grandmother whispered criticisms. The other asked pointed questions. Both made it clear: her mother's worth depended on producing a son. And a little girl believed God would fix everything.
Another Girl, Not Again
Young Yuri thought these trips were about family. She didn’t know they were also about pressure, hierarchy, and expectations she didn’t choose.
The Day Sori Brought the Knife
The arrival of a third daughter didn't bring the joy everyone hoped for. Instead, the cramped apartment grew messier, the fights grew louder, and the father's drinking spiraled into something darker.
When My Mother Found Jesus
When the free Sunday school starts handing out snacks, the neighborhood children show up. Then their mothers follow. Then the Building Fund begins. Then the dishes start flying.
Finally, a Son
Three girls. One prayer. A family's last hope arrives—but will it change anything?
School, Class, and a Teacher's Home Visit
In the steel-mill town of Jigokdong, even elementary school had a hierarchy—and everyone knew exactly where they belonged.
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