The Messy Middle

“I had picked up a copy of Stuff White People Like. I was flipping through the pages, stifling my laughter. It was spot on, and I said to Patrick, “I have to get this for Tricia.” That’s when he reminded me that neither of us is white.”

Kimchi and Grilled Cheese

“While food brings Korean culture closer to me, I feel part of and separate from it as an adoptee, a tension that’s evident in many small ways. For instance, I remember one of the first times I found myself in a small Korean restaurant filled with only Koreans. It was a new and strange experience to be part of the majority, to blend into a room where I looked like everyone else, where everyone was going about the normal activity of eating dinner.”