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9. Special School I am not sure whether my father changed his mind or my mother convinced him. Few years later, they tried to enroll me in school. The first try was with the special school for the disabled children. I had to leave home and stay at the facility. My parents were not ready to send me to a facility and I did not want to leave home, either. So, that idea was killed rather quickly. The second time was .. 2020. 12. 11.
8. No School After Medical Center, the official treatment for my polio ended. Unofficially, it did not. My grandmother and aunt continued to take me to the acupuncture, moxibustion, herb medicines, and other folk remedies. I drank so much bitter herb medicines. My baby teeth went all bad. It appears that I had no teeth on the old pictures. They are all eroded and black. People said that the strong medicines .. 2020. 12. 9.
7. Only Walk I Remember My aunt, my mother’s only sister, was a very pretty woman. I mistook her black and white picture as a movie star’s. She came home a few days after her wedding. I have no memory of her wedding day. I only remember my grandfather grabbing her hairs and slapping her. He was screaming, “You, go out and be dead.” I still don’t know why she came back so quickly after her wedding. Grandfather sent her .. 2020. 12. 6.
6. Two Story House There were three kids, wife’s family, and now came his brother. Father needed a bigger house. He bought a two-story house in an up-scale neighborhood, Ga Hei Dong. A neighbor on one side was the dean of Ewha Women’s University, and the other side was a Navy general. The Navy general had a son of my age. I don’t remember ever meeting him in person. But over the wall, we taught each other our fath.. 2020. 12. 5.