{"id":7147,"date":"2015-02-10T09:31:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T21:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/blog-family-stories-my-month-in-korea\/"},"modified":"2020-01-04T08:45:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T20:45:29","slug":"mi-mes-en-corea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/my-month-in-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Mi mes en Corea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Siempre que me siento a escribir sobre este viaje, suelo acabar mirando una p\u00e1gina en blanco. \u00bfC\u00f3mo puedo registrar emociones que todav\u00eda me cuesta explicarme? Cuando la gente me pregunta sobre mi viaje a Corea, les muestro fotograf\u00edas y les hablo sobre la cultura, los sitios que visit\u00e9 y sobre los ni\u00f1os que cuid\u00e9 en Naju. Siempre responden con &quot;c\u00f3mo cambia la vida&quot; o &quot;guau, tienes tanta suerte&quot;. Tengo mucha suerte de haber sido seleccionado para visitar Corea, pero mi suerte va m\u00e1s all\u00e1. Tengo suerte porque me dieron la oportunidad de experimentar, aunque sea brevemente, c\u00f3mo habr\u00eda sido mi vida si no hubiera sido adoptado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La vida est\u00e1 llena de \u201cqu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si\u201d, y toda la vida cambia en diversos grados. \u00bfY si hubiera salido a trabajar quince minutos antes? \u00bfQu\u00e9 hubiera pasado si hubiera estudiado una especializaci\u00f3n diferente en la universidad? \u00bfY si una familia diferente me hubiera adoptado? \u00bfY si mi madre biol\u00f3gica hubiera decidido criarme? Este \u00faltimo pensamiento ha pasado por mi mente de vez en cuando, pero al no saber casi nada sobre ella, era dif\u00edcil imaginar cu\u00e1n diferente podr\u00eda haber sido mi vida. Tuve la oportunidad de leer por primera vez mi expediente de adopci\u00f3n en la Sociedad de Bienestar Social y conocer a mi madre biol\u00f3gica. Descubr\u00ed que una de las razones por las que decidi\u00f3 darme en adopci\u00f3n fue porque estaba desempleada y no ten\u00eda la estabilidad financiera para cuidarnos a los dos. Pero \u00bfy si ella hubiera decidido criarme aunque la vida fuera dif\u00edcil? Mientras caminaba por un barrio de Se\u00fal, perdida y frustrada, eso era todo lo que pod\u00eda pensar. \u00bfMi vida habr\u00eda sido as\u00ed? \u00bfVivir en una zona con viviendas deterioradas, ventanas tapiadas y calles estrechas y destrozadas llenas de botellas de soju destrozadas? Mientras caminaba y contemplaba lo que me rodeaba, no pod\u00eda evitar sentir que estaba cara a cara con una vida que podr\u00eda haber sido m\u00eda en circunstancias diferentes. Fue aterrador, triste y revelador a la vez. Estaba perdida, tanto espacial como emocionalmente, mientras contemplaba un mundo con el que no estaba familiarizado mientras intentaba imaginarlo como mi hogar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/s\/general\/mi-mes-en-corea\/adjunto\/photo-jun-05-6-38-54-am\/img\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Photo-Jun-05-6-38-54-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Foto 05\/06\/6 38 54 a.m.\" class=\"wp-image-3193\" width=\"352\" height=\"264\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>La experiencia fue tan impactante que cre\u00ed que el viaje no pod\u00eda depararme m\u00e1s sorpresas. Cuando llegu\u00e9 a Naju, comenc\u00e9 a pensar m\u00e1s en m\u00ed como un adoptado. Al crecer, mis pensamientos sobre la adopci\u00f3n siempre fueron positivos. Si bien a menudo pensaba en c\u00f3mo ser\u00eda la vida si mi madre biol\u00f3gica me hubiera retenido, casi nunca pens\u00e9 en no ser adoptado en absoluto. Ser adoptado fue algo por lo que siempre me sent\u00ed agradecido pero, en cierto modo, tambi\u00e9n lo di por sentado. Cuando fui a Naju y viv\u00ed en Ewah con los hu\u00e9rfanos, comenc\u00e9 a preguntarme: \u00bfy si nunca me adoptaran? \u00bfHabr\u00eda sido mi vida como la de la peque\u00f1a Juno, tan confiada e inocente? Los dos nos encari\u00f1amos y r\u00e1pidamente se convirti\u00f3 en mi ni\u00f1o favorito en el orfanato. Siempre me saludaba con una sonrisa, me daba un abrazo y me ped\u00eda que jugara con \u00e9l. Una ma\u00f1ana, decid\u00ed saltearme el desayuno y dormir hasta tarde. Cuando despert\u00e9, su cuidador me dijo que Juno estaba corriendo busc\u00e1ndome. \u00c9l pregunt\u00f3: \u201c\u00bfSe fue Sam-emo? Ella no dijo adi\u00f3s. La extra\u00f1o. Espero que vuelva a visitarme\u201d. Me entristeci\u00f3 que este adorable ni\u00f1o me extra\u00f1ara tanto cuando me fui, pero tambi\u00e9n me rompi\u00f3 el coraz\u00f3n al imaginar que la innumerable cantidad de personas antes que yo en las que \u00e9l hab\u00eda llegado a confiar tambi\u00e9n se fueran, y todas las personas que lo har\u00e1n en el futuro. . Es dif\u00edcil y doloroso imaginar una vida en la que las personas que conoces y a las que te apegas se van continuamente. Debe sentirse como un abandono en alg\u00fan momento. \u00bfTiene edad suficiente para entender por qu\u00e9? \u00bfO cree que \u00e9l es la raz\u00f3n por la que tanta gente va y viene? \u00bfCrecer\u00e1 capaz de formar relaciones duraderas y estables o se aislar\u00e1 por miedo y resentimiento? Espero que cuando crezca sea fuerte y seguro de s\u00ed mismo, y espero que yo tambi\u00e9n lo hubiera sido si nuestros lugares estuvieran al rev\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/s\/general\/mi-mes-en-corea\/adjunto\/photo-jun-16-8-27-30-am\/img\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Photo-Jun-16-8-27-30-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Foto 16 jun 8 27 30 a.m.\" class=\"wp-image-3196\" width=\"369\" height=\"277\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Aunque finalmente logr\u00e9 escribir algo, s\u00e9 que estas historias ni siquiera se acercan a expresar lo que realmente siento. Hay muchas historias que contar sobre mi mes en Corea, muchas de las cuales son m\u00e1s edificantes, felices y menos complicadas que las que acabo de escribir. Pero al final del d\u00eda, esas dos experiencias son las m\u00e1s importantes para m\u00ed. A medida que pasa el tiempo y empiezo a olvidarme de todos los lugares que visit\u00e9 mientras estuve en Corea, s\u00e9 que todav\u00eda recordar\u00e9 estas emociones. Es posible que todos los adoptados imaginen c\u00f3mo habr\u00eda sido la vida si nunca hubieran sido adoptados, y yo he tenido la suerte de vislumbrar ese mundo alternativo. Es algo que nunca olvidar\u00e9.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I sit down to write about this trip, I usually end up staring at a blank page. How can I pen down emotions that I still struggle to explain to myself? 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