My Story62 13. Grandma's attic A large mansion across the street from my grandparents’ house belonged to a gentleman named Ki Byung Yoon who used to be a police commander. A cop on foot patrol always stopped at his house, took out a piece of paper from a box hung on the post, and wrote something. I assume he was recording his patrol time. The family living in that mansion did not socialize with the neighbors. Somehow, grandpa.. 2020. 12. 16. 12. A Woman without a Son My grandfather was collecting antiques and old coins. He also sold them to the rich and made profit. Jong Roe was the business center of Seoul and there were clusters of rich here and there. He organized and ran several social clubs for them. They paid the membership fees to join. The membership fees were loaned to the borrowers and the interests charged on these loans were the incomes of the cl.. 2020. 12. 15. 11. Aunt and Her men After my father retired from the Marines, mother started working with him. I thought that was the reason why they sent me to the grandparents'. My father had a different version. He told me grandfather insisted taking me with him. He did not want to lose the connection with his daughter’s family. Since both of them, father and grandpa, passed away now, I have no way of confirming what was the tr.. 2020. 12. 13. 10. Military Coup Since I, their first son, became crippled, my parents wanted another boy. They decided to have a baby. It was a girl. She was such a good baby and never cried much. Her name was ‘Eun Hee,’ but no one called her by that name. Everyone called her ‘a good child.’ She thought it was her real name until she entered the elementary school. My parents tried one more time, and it was a daughter again. Th.. 2020. 12. 12. 이전 1 ··· 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 다음