My mom and her family at her home in Seoul, Korea, 1957.

My family hiking in Sedona, Arizona, on our 1999 vacation.

Jokdori headdress, worn with han bok dress below.

My paternal grandfather with his family, about to board the plane for America, 1954.

My dad and his family in Raleigh, North Carolina, where my grandparents lived for over forty years.

The han bok is a traditional outfit worn on New Year's Day to pay respect to one's parents and grandparents.

On a Korean child's first birthday, the baby is placed before objects and food at a dol celebration. I am reaching for a calligraphy brush, signifying my future as a scholar.

My maternal grandparents on their 1946 wedding day in Seoul.

Gomushin, rubber shoes worn with the han bok.

My mom's extended family at a 1996 wedding in Niagra Falls, Canada. We hadn't seen these relatives in over ten years.