The Scherkenbachs go to South Korea

 The plane tickets have been purchased! We will be in South Korea for a full 3 weeks. To me it feels like a long time to be away from home. But in reality, it's significantly shorter than we had originally planned. Several years back Luke had shared his desire to move to Korea for 3 years allowing our family to be completely immersed in the culture and language of the country. Then it moved down to one year, followed by 3 months, and now 3 weeks. While the idea of living in Korea for an extended period of time sounded exciting and adventurous, there were just too many obstacles. If I pulled the boys out of their charter school to move to Korea, there was no guarantee they would get back into that school upon our return. If I left my job, there was no system in place that would allow me to resume my position when I returned. Each summer something seemed to come up that made an extended trip impossible. So now here we are. Looking ahead to what can only be described as a vacation, no...

 Welcome to my blog!  I'm using this space to document my family's upcoming trip to South Korea. I have been to South Korea twice before. Once to meet my oldest son and bring him home. And then again, 2 1/2 years later, to complete my family and bring home my youngest. My children have never been back to South Korea. It is the land of their birth. It is all they knew until the day this strange American couple showed up, took them from their homes and changed their lives forever. I choose to tell myself that this was for the best. It certainly worked out fantastically for me. I wound up with two children who fill my life with joy. And I do believe it was in their best interest as well. It far outweighed the alternative. But there is a part of me, deep inside, that sometimes feels a twinge of guilt. I took them from their country, their culture, their people. They had no say. What would they have chosen if they had? It is now time to bring them back so they can spend some time s...