My Life Journey
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The book on adoption of six children from South Korea by the author and her husband covered a period of thirteen years of their marriage. The author highlights her life before and after the death of her husband. The author makes references to the church that played a big part in her life. The author makes references to Bible scriptures that were crucial in nurturing her young children ages three through fourteen. The community played an important role in supplementing a healthy lifestyle for the six youngsters. This included relatives, neighbors, teachers, friends, counselors, and professional people. The most important focus of the book was an attempt to include scriptural words that the author felt to be meaningful in setting a foundation for the children’s future life.
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About the Book
The book is about the six children (all girls) the author and her husband adopted from South Korea. The author’s husband had a friend who happened to be a professor at the University of Arizona. The professor had the author promise to write a book on adoption because he felt that this would be of great interest to sociologists. With that in mind the author felt it more important to spread the gospel news through her ties with the church.
About the Author
The author is a retired occupation at therapist who worked in the Veterans Administration Hospital in California during the time of the Viet Nam War. She treated veterans with physical and mental health problems. She continued her work when he got married and moved back home to Hawaii. She was a Manager of a sheltered workshop, then as a therapist for a Home Health program which was a department of a State Hospital. To secure better benefits for a single parent family, she then worked in the Department of Education where she retired at 75 years of age. The long years of employment was due to the lack of having a therapist. During her employment years the author was active with the State Occupational Therapy Association. The author was a graduate from San Jose State College.